Matthew 19:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And certain Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, Is it right for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

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  • Mark 10:2 : 2 And Pharisees came to him, testing him with the question, Is it right for a man to put away his wife?
  • Heb 3:9 : 9 When your fathers put me to the test, and saw my works for forty years.
  • Mark 12:13 : 13 Then they sent to him certain of the Pharisees and the Herodians, so that they might make use of his words to take him by a trick.
  • Mark 12:15 : 15 Are we to give or not to give? But he, conscious of their false hearts, said to them, Why do you put me to the test? give me a penny, so that I may see it.
  • Luke 11:53-54 : 53 And when he had come out of that place, the scribes and the Pharisees came round him angrily, questioning him about more things; 54 And watching him, for a chance to get something from his words which might be used against him.
  • John 8:6 : 6 They said this, testing him, so that they might have something against him. But Jesus, with his head bent down, made letters on the floor with his finger.
  • Mal 2:14-16 : 14 But you say, For what reason? Because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your early years, to whom you have been untrue, though she is your friend and the wife to whom you have given your word. 15 ... So give thought to your spirit, and let no one be false to the wife of his early years. 16 For I am against the putting away of a wife, says the Lord, the God of Israel, and against him who is clothed with violent acts, says the Lord of armies: so give thought to your spirit and do not be false in your acts.
  • Matt 5:31-32 : 31 Again, it was said, Whoever puts away his wife has to give her a statement in writing for this purpose: 32 But I say to you that everyone who puts away his wife for any other cause but the loss of her virtue, makes her false to her husband; and whoever takes her as his wife after she is put away, is no true husband to her.
  • Matt 16:1 : 1 And the Pharisees and Sadducees came and, testing him, made a request to him to give them a sign from heaven.
  • Matt 22:16-18 : 16 And they sent to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Master, we see that you are true, and that you are teaching the true way of God, and have no fear of anyone, because you have no respect for a man's position. 17 Give us, then, your opinion of this: Is it right to give tax to Caesar, or not? 18 But Jesus saw their trick and said, Oh false ones, why are you attempting to put me in the wrong?
  • Matt 22:35 : 35 And one of them, a teacher of the law, put a question to him, testing him, and saying,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Mark 10:2-5
    4 verses
    92%

    2 And Pharisees came to him, testing him with the question, Is it right for a man to put away his wife?

    3 And he said to them in answer, What did Moses say you were to do?

    4 And they said to him, Moses let us give her a statement in writing, and be free from her.

    5 But Jesus said to them, Because of your hard hearts he gave you this law.

  • Matt 19:4-10
    7 verses
    82%

    4 And he said in answer, Have you not seen in the Writings, that he who made them at the first made them male and female, and said,

    5 For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife; and the two will become one flesh?

    6 So that they are no longer two, but one flesh. Then let not that which has been joined by God be parted by man.

    7 They say to him, Why then did Moses give orders that a husband might give her a statement in writing and be free from her?

    8 He says to them, Moses, because of your hard hearts, let you put away your wives: but it has not been so from the first.

    9 And I say to you, Whoever puts away his wife for any other cause than the loss of her virtue, and takes another, is a false husband: and he who takes her as his wife when she is put away, is no true husband to her.

    10 The disciples say to him, If this is the position of a man in relation to his wife, it is better not to be married.

  • Matt 5:31-32
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    77%

    31 Again, it was said, Whoever puts away his wife has to give her a statement in writing for this purpose:

    32 But I say to you that everyone who puts away his wife for any other cause but the loss of her virtue, makes her false to her husband; and whoever takes her as his wife after she is put away, is no true husband to her.

  • Mark 10:9-12
    4 verses
    75%

    9 Let not that which has been joined together by God be parted by man.

    10 And in the house the disciples put questions to him again about this thing.

    11 And he said to them, Whoever puts away his wife and takes another, is false to his wife;

    12 And if she herself puts away her husband and takes another, she is false to her husband.

  • Luke 16:18
    75%

    18 Everyone who puts away his wife and takes another, is a false husband: and he who is married to a woman whose husband has put her away, is no true husband to her.

  • Mark 8:11
    74%

    11 And the Pharisees came out and put questions to him, requesting from him a sign from heaven, testing him.

  • Matt 16:1
    73%

    1 And the Pharisees and Sadducees came and, testing him, made a request to him to give them a sign from heaven.

  • Matt 22:34-35
    2 verses
    73%

    34 But the Pharisees, hearing how the mouths of the Sadducees had been stopped, came together;

    35 And one of them, a teacher of the law, put a question to him, testing him, and saying,

  • Matt 22:41
    73%

    41 Now while the Pharisees were together, Jesus put a question to them, saying,

  • Matt 22:15
    73%

    15 Then the Pharisees went and had a meeting to see how they might make use of his words to take him.

  • Mark 2:24
    73%

    24 And the Pharisees said to him, Why are they doing what it is not right to do on the Sabbath?

  • John 8:3
    72%

    3 Now the scribes and Pharisees came, with a woman who had been taken in the act of sinning against the married relation;

  • Matt 22:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17 Give us, then, your opinion of this: Is it right to give tax to Caesar, or not?

    18 But Jesus saw their trick and said, Oh false ones, why are you attempting to put me in the wrong?

  • Deut 24:1
    72%

    1 If a man takes a wife, and after they are married she is unpleasing to him because of some bad quality in her, let him give her a statement in writing and send her away from his house.

  • Luke 6:2
    71%

    2 But some of the Pharisees said, Why do you do what it is not right to do on the Sabbath?

  • Luke 20:22-23
    2 verses
    71%

    22 Is it right for us to make payment of taxes to Caesar or not?

    23 But he saw through their trick and said to them,

  • Luke 14:3
    71%

    3 And Jesus, answering, said to the scribes and Pharisees, Is it right to make people well on the Sabbath or not?

  • Matt 19:2
    71%

    2 And a great number went after him; and he made them well there.

  • Matt 15:1
    70%

    1 Then there came to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying,

  • Mark 12:18
    70%

    18 And there came to him Sadducees, who say there is no coming back from the dead; and they put a question to him, saying,

  • Mark 12:13
    70%

    13 Then they sent to him certain of the Pharisees and the Herodians, so that they might make use of his words to take him by a trick.

  • Mark 3:6
    70%

    6 And the Pharisees went out, and straight away made designs with the Herodians about how they might put him to death.

  • Deut 24:3
    70%

    3 And if the second husband has no love for her and, giving her a statement in writing, sends her away; or if death comes to the second husband to whom she was married;

  • Matt 12:2
    70%

    2 But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, See, your disciples do that which it is not right to do on the Sabbath.

  • Luke 11:53
    69%

    53 And when he had come out of that place, the scribes and the Pharisees came round him angrily, questioning him about more things;

  • Luke 20:34
    69%

    34 And Jesus said to them, The sons of this world are married and have wives;

  • Luke 20:27-28
    2 verses
    69%

    27 And some of the Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no coming back from the dead; and they said to him,

    28 Master, Moses said that if a man's brother comes to his end, having a wife, but no children, his brother is to take the wife, and get a family for his brother.

  • Matt 15:3
    69%

    3 And in answer he said to them, Why do you, yourselves, go against the word of God on account of the teaching which has been handed down to you?

  • Matt 15:12
    68%

    12 Then the disciples came and said to him, Did you see that the Pharisees were troubled when these words came to their ears?

  • Mark 6:18
    68%

    18 For John said to Herod, It is wrong for you to have your brother's wife.

  • Matt 14:4
    68%

    4 Because John had said to him, It is not right for you to have her.

  • Luke 20:2
    68%

    2 That the chief priests and the scribes and the rulers of the people came to him and said, Make clear to us by what authority you do these things and who gave you this authority.

  • John 8:5
    68%

    5 Now in the law Moses gave directions that such women were to be stoned; what do you say about it?