Matthew 19:7

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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?

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  • Deut 24:1-4 : 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. 2 And when she has gone away from him, she may become another man's wife. 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; 4 Her first husband, who had sent her away, may not take her back after she has been wife to another; for that is disgusting to the Lord: and you are not to be a cause of sin in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage.
  • Matt 5:31 : 31 Again, it was said, Whoever puts away his wife has to give her a statement in writing for this purpose:
  • Mark 10:4 : 4 And they said to him, Moses let us give her a statement in writing, and be free from her.
  • Isa 50:1 : 1 This is the word of the Lord: Where is the statement which I gave your mother when I put her away? or to which of my creditors have I given you for money? It was for your sins that you were given into the hands of others, and for your evil-doing was your mother put away.
  • Jer 3:8 : 8 And though she saw that, because Israel, turning away from me, had been untrue to me, I had put her away and given her a statement in writing ending the relation between us, still Judah, her false sister, had no fear, but went and did the same.
  • Mal 2:16 : 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 1:19 : 19 And Joseph, her husband, being an upright man, and not desiring to make her a public example, had a mind to put her away privately.

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

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

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

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

    6But from the first, male and female made he them.

    7For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife;

    8And the two will become one flesh; so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.

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

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

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

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

  • Matt 19:8-10
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    8He says to them, Moses, because of your hard hearts, let you put away your wives: but it has not been so from the first.

    9And 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.

    10The 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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    31Again, it was said, Whoever puts away his wife has to give her a statement in writing for this purpose:

    32But 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.

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    3And certain Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, Is it right for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

    4And 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,

    5For 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?

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

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    1If 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.

    2And when she has gone away from him, she may become another man's wife.

    3And 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;

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    4And putting her forward, they said to him, Master, this woman has been taken in the very act of sinning against the married relation.

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

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    18Everyone 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.

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    28Master, 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.

    29Now there were seven brothers, and the first had a wife and came to his end, having no children;

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

    19Master, in the law Moses says, If a man's brother comes to his end, and has a wife still living and no child, it is right for his brother to take his wife, and get a family for his brother.

    20There were seven brothers: and the first took a wife, and at his death there were no offspring;

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    10But to the married I give orders, though not I but the Lord, that the wife may not go away from her husband

    11(Or if she goes away from him, let her keep unmarried, or be united to her husband again); and that the husband may not go away from his wife.

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    33When they come back from the dead, whose wife will she be? for all the seven had her.

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

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    19Did not Moses give you the law? Even so, not one of you keeps the law. Why have you a desire to put me to death?

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    2For the woman who has a husband is placed by the law under the power of her husband as long as he is living; but if her husband is dead, she is free from the law of the husband.

    3So if, while the husband is living, she is joined to another man, she will get the name of one who is untrue to her husband: but if the husband is dead, she is free from the law, so that she is not untrue, even if she takes another man.

  • Matt 22:24-25
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    24Master, Moses said, If a man, at the time of his death, has no children, let his brother take his wife, and get a family for his brother;

    25Now there were among us seven brothers; and the first was married and at his death, having no seed, gave his wife to his brother;

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    23In the future life, when they come back from the dead, whose wife will she be? for the seven had her for a wife.

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    22Moses gave you circumcision--not that it comes from Moses, but from the fathers--and even on the Sabbath you give a child circumcision.

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    28When they come back from the dead, then, whose wife will she be of the seven? because they all had her.

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    27You have knowledge that it was said, You may not have connection with another man's wife:

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    24For this cause will a man go away from his father and his mother and be joined to his wife; and they will be one flesh.

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    11And the Lord said to Moses,

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    31For 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.

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    31But about the dead coming back to life, have you no knowledge of what was said to you by God in the Writings:

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    1And the Lord said to Moses,

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