Matthew 19:7 - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

⁷ The Pharisees asked, “Then why did Moses give a command allowing a man to divorce his wife by writing a certificate of divorce?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ They said to Him, Why then did Moses command [us] to give a certificate of divorce and thus to dismiss and repudiate a wife? [Deut. 24:1-4.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ They say unto him, Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorcement, and to put her away?

Common English Bible

⁷ The Pharisees said to him, “Then why did Moses command us to give a divorce certificate and divorce her?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ They said to him, "Then why did Moses command him to give a bill of divorce, and to separate?"

Matthew 19:7 Tagairtí Cros

Isaiah 50:1

This is what the Lord says: “People of Israel, you say that I divorced your mother, Jerusalem. But where is the legal paper that proves I divorced her? My children, did I owe money to someone? Did I sell you to pay a debt? No, you were sold because of the bad things you did. Your mother was sent away because of the bad things you did.

Jeremiah 3:8

Israel was unfaithful, and she knew why I sent her away. Israel knew that I divorced her because she committed the sin of adultery. But that did not make her unfaithful sister afraid. Judah was not afraid. She also went out and acted like a prostitute.

Malachi 2:16

The Lord, the God of Israel, says, “I hate divorce, and I hate the cruel things that men do. So protect your spiritual unity. Don’t cheat on your wife.”

Matthew 1:19

Mary’s husband, Joseph, was a good man. He did not want to cause her public disgrace, so he planned to divorce her secretly.

Matthew 19:6

So they are no longer two, but one. God has joined them together, so no one should separate them.”

Matthew 19:8

Jesus answered, “Moses allowed you to divorce your wives because you refused to accept God’s teaching. But divorce was not allowed in the beginning.

Matthew 5:31

“It was also said, ‘Any man who divorces his wife must give her a written notice of divorce.’

Mark 10:4

The Pharisees said, “Moses allowed a man to divorce his wife by writing a certificate of divorce.”