Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife, and they become one flesh.
Matthew 19:8 - Revised Standard Version He said to them, “For your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He said to them, Because of the hardness (stubbornness and perversity) of your hearts Moses permitted you to dismiss and repudiate and divorce your wives; but from the beginning it has not been so [ordained]. American Standard Version (1901) He saith unto them, Moses for your hardness of heart suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it hath not been so. Common English Bible Jesus replied, “Moses allowed you to divorce your wives because your hearts are unyielding. But it wasn’t that way from the beginning. Catholic Public Domain Version He said to them: "Although Moses permitted you to separate from your wives, due to the hardness of your heart, it was not that way from the beginning. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He saith to them: Because Moses by reason of the hardness of your heart permitted you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. |
Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife, and they become one flesh.
And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him went into the ark, to escape the waters of the flood.
Harden not your hearts, as at Meribah, as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,
Thus says the Lord: “Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
They made their hearts like adamant lest they should hear the law and the words which the Lord of hosts had sent by his Spirit through the former prophets. Therefore great wrath came from the Lord of hosts.
They said to him, “Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away?”
And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for unchastity, and marries another, commits adultery.”
But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now; for thus it is fitting for us to fulfil all righteousness.” Then he consented.
And the demons begged him, “If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine.”
But Jesus said to them, “For your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.
Afterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they sat at table; and he upbraided them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen.
David also took Ahino-am of Jezreel; and both of them became his wives.