Then said they to him: why did Moses command to give unto her a testimonial of divorcement, and to put her away?
Matthew 19:8 - William Tyndale New Testament He said unto them: Moses be cause of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away 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. |
Then said they to him: why did Moses command to give unto her a testimonial of divorcement, and to put her away?
I say therefore unto you, whosoever putteth away his wife (except it be for fornication) and marrieth another, breaketh wedlock. And whosoever marrieth her which is divorced, doth commit advoutry.
Iesus answered and said to him, let it be so now. For thus it becometh us, to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
Then the devils besought him saying: if thou cast us out, suffer us to go our way into the herd of swine.
And Iesus answered, and said unto them: For because of your hard hearts he wrote this precept unto you.
¶ After that he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat: and cast in their teeth their unbelief, and hardness of heart: because they believed not them which had seen him after his resurrection.