Matthew 19:7

New International Version

“Why then,” they asked, “did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?”

Cross References

Isaiah 50:1

This is what the Lord says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of my creditors did I sell you? Because of your sins you were sold; because of your transgressions your mother was sent away.

Jeremiah 3:8

I gave faithless Israel her certificate of divorce and sent her away because of all her adulteries. Yet I saw that her unfaithful sister Judah had no fear; she also went out and committed adultery.

Malachi 2:16

“The man who hates and divorces his wife,” says the Lord, the God of Israel, “does violence to the one he should protect,” says the Lord Almighty. So be on your guard, and do not be unfaithful.

Matthew 1:19

Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.

Matthew 19:6

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

Matthew 19:8

Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning.

Matthew 5:31

“It has been said, ‘Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’

Mark 10:4

They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.”