Matthew 19:7

Good News Translation

The Pharisees asked him, “Why, then, did Moses give the law for a man to hand his wife a divorce notice and send her away?”

Cross References

Isaiah 50:1

The Lord says, “Do you think I sent my people away like a man who divorces his wife? Where, then, are the papers of divorce? Do you think I sold you into captivity like a man who sells his children as slaves? No, you went away captive because of your sins; you were sent away because of your crimes.

Jeremiah 3:8

Judah also saw that I divorced Israel and sent her away because she had turned from me and had become a prostitute. But Judah, Israel's unfaithful sister, was not afraid. She too became a prostitute

Malachi 2:16

“I hate divorce,” says the Lord God of Israel. “I hate it when one of you does such a cruel thing to his wife. Make sure that you do not break your promise to be faithful to your wife.”

Matthew 1:19

Joseph was a man who always did what was right, but he did not want to disgrace Mary publicly; so he made plans to break the engagement privately.

Matthew 19:6

So they are no longer two, but one. No human being must separate, then, what God has joined together.”

Matthew 19:8

Jesus answered, “Moses gave you permission to divorce your wives because you are so hard to teach. But it was not like that at the time of creation.

Matthew 5:31

“It was also said, ‘Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a written notice of divorce.’

Mark 10:4

Their answer was, “Moses gave permission for a man to write a divorce notice and send his wife away.”