Matthew 19:8

New King James Version

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

Cross References

Genesis 2:24

Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

Genesis 7:7

So Noah, with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives, went into the ark because of the waters of the flood.

Psalm 95:8

“Do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion, As in the day of trial in the wilderness,

Jeremiah 6:16

Thus says the Lord: “Stand in the ways and see, And ask for the old paths, where the good way is, And walk in it; Then you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

Zechariah 7:12

Yes, they made their hearts like flint, refusing to hear the law and the words which the Lord of hosts had sent by His Spirit through the former prophets. Thus great wrath came from the Lord of hosts.

Matthew 19:7

They said to Him, “Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away?”

Matthew 19:9

And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery.”

Matthew 3:15

But Jesus answered and said to him, “Permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed Him.

Matthew 8:31

So the demons begged Him, saying, “If You cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of swine.”

Mark 10:5

And Jesus answered and said to them, “Because of the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.

Mark 16:14

Later He appeared to the eleven as they sat at the table; and He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen.

1 Corinthians 7:6

But I say this as a concession, not as a commandment.

1 Samuel 25:43

David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel, and so both of them were his wives.