Matthew 19:7

English Standard Version 2016

They said to him, “Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce and to send her away?”

Cross References

Matthew 5:31

“It was also said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’

Mark 10:4

They said, “Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and to send her away.”

Malachi 2:16

“For the man who does not love his wife but divorces her, says the Lord, the God of Israel, covers his garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not be faithless.”

Matthew 1:19

And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly.

Jeremiah 3:8

She saw that for all the adulteries of that faithless one, Israel, I had sent her away with a decree of divorce. Yet her treacherous sister Judah did not fear, but she too went and played the whore.

Isaiah 50:1

Thus says the Lord: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce, with which I sent her away? Or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities you were sold, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.

Matthew 19:6

So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”

Matthew 19:8

He said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.