Matthew 19:8

New English Translation

Jesus said to them, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hard hearts, but from the beginning it was not this way.

Cross References

Genesis 2:24

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and unites with his wife, and they become a new family.

Genesis 7:7

Noah entered the ark along with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives because of the floodwaters.

Psalm 95:8

He says, “Do not be stubborn like they were at Meribah, like they were that day at Massah in the wilderness,

Jeremiah 6:16

The Lord said to his people: “You are standing at the crossroads. So consider your path. Ask where the old, reliable paths are. Ask where the path is that leads to blessing and follow it. If you do, you will find rest for your souls.” But they said, “We will not follow it!”

Zechariah 7:12

Indeed, they made their heart as hard as diamond, so that they could not obey the Torah and the other words the Lord who rules over all had sent by his Spirit through the former prophets. Therefore, the Lord who rules over all had poured out great wrath.

Matthew 19:7

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

Matthew 19:9

Now I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another commits adultery.”

Matthew 3:15

So Jesus replied to him, “Let it happen now, for it is right for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John yielded to him.

Matthew 8:31

Then the demons begged him, “If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”

Mark 10:5

But Jesus said to them, “He wrote this commandment for you because of your hard hearts.

Mark 16:14

Then he appeared to the eleven themselves, while they were eating, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen him resurrected.

1 Corinthians 7:6

I say this as a concession, not as a command.

1 Samuel 25:43

David had also married Ahinoam from Jezreel; the two of them became his wives.