Matthew 19:8

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

"Moses, owing to the hardness of your hearts," answered Jesus, "permitted you to divorce your wives, but that was not so at the beginning.

Cross References

Matthew 19:7

"Why, then," they said, "did Moses direct that a man should 'serve his wife with a notice of separation and divorce her'?"

Matthew 19:9

But I tell you that any one who divorces his wife, except on the ground of her unchastity, and marries another woman, is guilty of adultery."

Matthew 3:15

"Let it be so for the present," Jesus answered, "since it is fitting for us thus to satisfy every claim of religion." Upon this, John consented.

Matthew 8:31

And the foul spirits began begging Jesus: "If you drive us out, send us into the drove of pigs."

Mark 10:5

"It was owing to the hardness of your hearts," said Jesus, "that Moses gave you this direction;

Mark 16:14

Later on, he made himself known to the Eleven themselves as they were at a meal, and reproached them with their want of faith and their stubbornness, because they did not believe those who had seen him after he had risen from the dead.

1 Corinthians 7:6

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