Matthew 19:7

New American Bible - revised edition

They said to him, “Then why did Moses command that the man give the woman a bill of divorce and dismiss [her]?”

Cross References

Isaiah 50:1

Thus says the Lord: Where is the bill of divorce with which I dismissed your mother? Or to which of my creditors have I sold you? It was for your sins you were sold, for your rebellions your mother was dismissed.

Jeremiah 3:8

that, in response to all the adulteries rebel Israel had committed, I sent her away and gave her a bill of divorce, nevertheless Judah, the traitor, her sister, was not frightened; she too went off and played the prostitute.

Malachi 2:16

For I hate divorce, says the Lord, the God of Israel, And the one who covers his garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts. You should be on guard, then, for your life, and you must not break faith.

Matthew 1:19

Joseph her husband, since he was a righteous man, yet unwilling to expose her to shame, decided to divorce her quietly.

Matthew 19:6

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

Matthew 19:8

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

Matthew 5:31

“It was also said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a bill of divorce.’

Mark 10:4

They replied, “Moses permitted him to write a bill of divorce and dismiss her.”