Matthew 19:8

God's Word

Jesus answered them, “Moses allowed you to divorce your wives because you’re heartless. It was never this way in the beginning.

Cross References

Genesis 2:24

That is why a man will leave his father and mother and will be united with his wife, and they will become one flesh.

Genesis 7:7

Noah, his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives went into the ship to escape the floodwaters.

Psalm 95:8

“Do not be stubborn like ⌞my people were⌟ at Meribah, like the time at Massah in the desert.

Jeremiah 6:16

This is what the Lord says: Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask which paths are the old, reliable paths. Ask which way leads to blessings. Live that way, and find a resting place for yourselves. But you said that you wouldn’t live that way.

Zechariah 7:12

They made their hearts as hard as flint so that they couldn’t hear the Lord’s teachings, the words that the Lord of Armies had sent by his Spirit through the earlier prophets. So the Lord of Armies became very angry.

Matthew 19:7

The Pharisees asked him, “Why, then, did Moses order a man to give his wife a written notice to divorce her?”

Matthew 19:9

I can guarantee that whoever divorces his wife for any reason other than her unfaithfulness is committing adultery if he marries another woman.”

Matthew 3:15

Jesus answered him, “This is the way it has to be now. This is the proper way to do everything that God requires of us.” Then John gave in to him.

Matthew 8:31

The demons begged Jesus, “If you’re going to force us out, send us into that herd of pigs.”

Mark 10:5

Jesus said to them, “He wrote this command for you because you’re heartless.

Mark 16:14

Still later Jesus appeared to the eleven apostles while they were eating. He put them to shame for their unbelief and because they were too stubborn to believe those who had seen him alive.

1 Corinthians 7:6

What I have just said is not meant as a command but as a suggestion.

1 Samuel 25:43

David also married Ahinoam of Jezreel. Both she and Abigail were his wives.