Matthew 19:8

The Text-Critical English New Testament

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.

Cross References

Matthew 19:7

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

Matthew 19:9

I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for fornication, and marries another, commits adultery. And whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.”

Matthew 3:15

But Jesus answered him, “Permit it for now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John permitted him.

Matthew 8:31

So the demons begged Jesus, “If yoʋ cast us out, let us go into the herd of pigs.”

Mark 10:5

But Jesus answered them, “Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.

Mark 16:14

Later Jesus appeared to the eleven as they were reclining at the table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who had seen him after he had risen.

1 Corinthians 7:6

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