Matthew 19:10

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The disciples said to him, “If such is the case of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry.”

Cross References

Genesis 2:18

Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper as his partner.”

Proverbs 18:22

He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord.

Proverbs 21:19

It is better to live in a desert land than with a contentious and fretful wife.

Proverbs 21:9

It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a contentious wife.

Matthew 19:11

But he said to them, “Not everyone can accept this teaching, but only those to whom it is given.

Matthew 19:9

And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.”

1 Corinthians 7:8

To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is good for them to remain unmarried as I am.

1 Timothy 4:3

They forbid marriage and abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.