Matthew 19:8

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

He told them, ‘Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of the hardness of your hearts, but it was not like that from the beginning.

Cross References

Genesis 2:24

This is why a man leaves his father and mother and bonds with his wife, and they become one flesh.

Mark 10:5

But Jesus told them, ‘He wrote this command for you because of the hardness of your hearts.

Zechariah 7:12

They made their hearts like a rock so as not to obey the law or the words that the Lord of Armies had sent by his Spirit through the earlier prophets.  Therefore intense anger came from the Lord of Armies.

1 Corinthians 7:6

I say this as a concession, not as a command.

Matthew 8:31

‘If you drive us out,’ the demons begged him, ‘send us into the herd of pigs.’

Matthew 3:15

Jesus answered him, ‘Allow it for now, because this is the way for us to fulfil all righteousness.’ Then John allowed him to be baptised.

Jeremiah 6:16

This is what the Lord says: Stand by the roadways and look. Ask about the ancient paths, ‘Which is the way to what is good? ’ Then take it and find rest for yourselves. But they protested, ‘We won’t! ’

Genesis 7:7

So Noah, his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives entered the ark because of the floodwaters.

Matthew 19:7

‘Why then,’ they asked him, ‘did Moses command us to give divorce papers  and to send her away? ’

Matthew 19:9

I tell you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another commits adultery.’   ,

Mark 16:14

Later he appeared to the Eleven  themselves as they were reclining at the table. He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who saw him after he had risen.

1 Samuel 25:43

David also married Ahinoam of Jezreel,  and the two of them became his wives.