Matthew 19:8

New International Version

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

Cross References

Genesis 2:24

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.

Genesis 7:7

And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.

Psalm 95:8

“Do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, as you did that day at Massah in the wilderness,

Jeremiah 6:16

This is what the Lord says: “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But you said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

Zechariah 7:12

They made their hearts as hard as flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the Lord Almighty had sent by his Spirit through the earlier prophets. So the Lord Almighty was very angry.

Matthew 19:7

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

Matthew 19:9

I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.”

Matthew 3:15

Jesus replied, “Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John consented.

Matthew 8:31

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

Mark 10:5

“It was because your hearts were hard that Moses wrote you this law,” Jesus replied.

Mark 16:14

Later Jesus appeared to the Eleven as they were eating; he rebuked them for their lack of faith and their stubborn refusal to believe those who had seen him after he had risen.

1 Corinthians 7:6

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

1 Samuel 25:43

David had also married Ahinoam of Jezreel, and they both were his wives.