Matthew 19:8

English Majority Text Version

He said to them, "Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been thus.

Cross References

Matthew 19:7

They said to Him, "Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away?"

Matthew 19:9

And I say to you, that whoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and marries another, commits adultery; and whoever marrying a divorcee commits adultery."

Matthew 3:15

But Jesus answered and said to him, "Permit it now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he permitted Him.

Matthew 8:31

So the demons implored Him, saying, "If You cast us out, permit us to go off into the herd of swine."

Mark 10:5

And Jesus answered and said to them, "In view of your hardheartedness he wrote this commandment for you.

Mark 16:14

Afterwards He appeared to the eleven as they were reclining at the table; and He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who saw Him after He had been raised.

1 Corinthians 7:6

But I say this as a concession, not as a commandment.