Matthew 19:10

American Standard Version (1901)

The disciples say unto him, If the case of the man is so with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.

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  • Gen 2:18 : 18 And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.
  • Prov 5:15-19 : 15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, And running waters out of thine own well. 16 Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, And streams of water in the streets? 17 Let them be for thyself alone, And not for strangers with thee. 18 Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth. 19 [ As] a loving hind and a pleasant doe, Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; And be thou ravished always with her love.
  • Prov 18:22 : 22 Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, And obtaineth favor of Jehovah.
  • Prov 19:13-14 : 13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father; And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. 14 House and riches are an inheritance from fathers; But a prudent wife is from Jehovah.
  • Prov 21:9 : 9 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
  • Prov 21:19 : 19 It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.
  • 1 Cor 7:1-2 : 1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 2 But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
  • 1 Cor 7:8 : 8 But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
  • 1 Cor 7:26-28 : 26 I think therefore that this is good by reason of the distress that is upon us, [namely], that it is good for a man to be as he is. 27 Art thou bound unto a wife? Seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? Seek not a wife. 28 But shouldest thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Yet such shall have tribulation in the flesh: and I would spare you.
  • 1 Cor 7:32-35 : 32 But I would have you to be free from cares. He that is unmarried is careful for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord: 33 but he that is married is careful for the things of the world, how he may please his wife, 34 and is divided. [So] also the woman that is unmarried and the virgin is careful for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married is careful for the things of the world, how she may please her husband. 35 And this I say for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is seemly, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
  • 1 Cor 7:39-40 : 39 A wife is bound for so long time as her husband liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is free to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord. 40 But she is happier if she abide as she is, after my judgment: and I think that I also have the Spirit of God.
  • 1 Tim 4:3 : 3 forbidding to marry, [and commanding] to abstain from meats, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by them that believe and know the truth.
  • 1 Tim 5:11-15 : 11 But younger widows refuse: for when they have waxed wanton against Christ, they desire to marry; 12 having condemnation, because they have rejected their first pledge. 13 And withal they learn also [to be] idle, going about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not. 14 I desire therefore that the younger [widows] marry, bear children, rule the household, give no occasion to the adversary for reviling: 15 for already some are turned aside after Satan.

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    3And there came unto him Pharisees, trying him, and saying, Is it lawful [for a man] to put away his wife for every cause?

    4And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made [them] from the beginning made them male and female,

    5and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?

    6So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

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

    8He 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.

    9And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth her when she is put away committeth adultery.

  • Mark 10:7-12
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    7For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife;

    8and the two shall become one flesh: so that they are no more two, but one flesh.

    9What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

    10And in the house the disciples asked him again of this matter.

    11And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her:

    12and if she herself shall put away her husband, and marry another, she committeth adultery.

  • Matt 19:11-12
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    11But he said unto them, Not all men can receive this saying, but they to whom it is given.

    12For there are eunuchs, that were so born from their mother's womb: and there are eunuchs, that were made eunuchs by men: and there are eunuchs, that made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.

  • Luke 16:18
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    18Every one that putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth one that is put away from a husband committeth adultery.

  • Luke 20:33-35
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    33In the resurrection therefore whose wife of them shall she be? for the seven had her to wife.

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  • Matt 5:31-32
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    31It was said also, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:

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    8But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

    9But if they have not continency, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

    10But unto the married I give charge, [yea] not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband

    11(but should she depart, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband); and that the husband leave not his wife.

    12But to the rest say I, not the Lord: If any brother hath an unbelieving wife, and she is content to dwell with him, let him not leave her.

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    38So then both he that giveth his own virgin [daughter] in marriage doeth well; and he that giveth her not in marriage shall do better.

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    2And there came unto him Pharisees, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away [his] wife? trying him.

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    26I think therefore that this is good by reason of the distress that is upon us, [namely], that it is good for a man to be as he is.

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    28But shouldest thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Yet such shall have tribulation in the flesh: and I would spare you.

    29But this I say, brethren, the time is shortened, that henceforth both those that have wives may be as though they had none;

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    29Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or lands, for my sake, and for the gospel's sake,

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  • Mark 10:4-5
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    4And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.

    5But Jesus said unto them, For your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.

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    25Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first married and deceased, and having no seed left his wife unto his brother;

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    20And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

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    19Teacher, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave a wife behind him, and leave no child, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

  • 1 Cor 7:1-2
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    1Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

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    36But if any man thinketh that he behaveth himself unseemly toward his virgin [daughter], if she be past the flower of her age, and if need so requireth, let him do what he will; he sinneth not; let them marry.

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    4For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.

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    25For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as angels in heaven.

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    10If he take him another [wife] ; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.