Cross References

Matthew 19:3

Good News Translation (US Version)

Some Pharisees came to him and tried to trap him by asking, “Does our Law allow a man to divorce his wife for whatever reason he wishes?”

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Some Pharisees came to him and tried to trap him. “Tell us,” they asked, “does our Law allow a man to divorce his wife?”

There they put me to the test and tried me, says God, although they had seen what I did for forty years.

They said this to trap Jesus, so that they could accuse him. But he bent over and wrote on the ground with his finger.

But Jesus saw through their trick and answered, “Why are you trying to trap me? Bring a silver coin, and let me see it.”

Some Pharisees and some members of Herod's party were sent to Jesus to trap him with questions.

and one of them, a teacher of the Law, tried to trap him with a question.

Some Pharisees and Sadducees who came to Jesus wanted to trap him, so they asked him to perform a miracle for them, to show that God approved of him.

For married people I have a command which is not my own but the Lord's: a wife must not leave her husband;