Matthew 19:7

The English Standar Version

They said to him, "Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce and to send her away?"

Cross References

Matthew 5:31

"It was also said, 'Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.'

Mark 10:4

They said, "Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and to send her away."

Malachi 2:16

"For the man who hates and divorces, says the LORD, the God of Israel, covers[10] his garment with violence, says the LORD of hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not be faithless."

Matthew 1:19

And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly.

Jeremiah 3:8

She saw that for all the adulteries of that faithless one, Israel, I had sent her away with a decree of divorce. Yet her treacherous sister Judah did not fear, but she too went and played the whore.

Isaiah 50:1

Thus says the LORD: "Where is your mother's certificate of divorce, with which I sent her away? Or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities you were sold, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.

Matthew 19:6

So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate."

Matthew 19:8

He said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.