Cross References

Matthew 19:7

The Text-Critical English New Testament

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

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Her husband Joseph, being righteous and not willing to shame her publicly, intended to send her away privately.

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

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.

“It was also said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’

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