Matthew 19:3

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Some Pharisees came to him, testing him and asking, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?"

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  • Mark 10:2 : 2 Some Pharisees approached him to test him, asking, 'Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?'
  • Heb 3:9 : 9 where your ancestors tested and tried me, though for forty years they saw my works.
  • Mark 12:13 : 13 Later, they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to trap him in his words.
  • Mark 12:15 : 15 But knowing their hypocrisy, he said to them, 'Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius so that I may see it.'
  • Luke 11:53-54 : 53 While He was saying these things to them, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him fiercely and to question Him closely about many things, 54 lying in wait to catch Him in something He might say, to accuse Him.
  • John 8:6 : 6 They said this to test him, so they might have grounds to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down and began writing on the ground with his finger.
  • Mal 2:14-16 : 14 Yet you ask, 'Why?' Because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth. You have been unfaithful to her, though she is your companion and the wife of your covenant. 15 Did not God make them one, with a portion of His spirit in their union? And what was the one seeking? Godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth. 16 For the Lord, the God of Israel, says that He hates divorce, and He covers his garment with violence, says the Lord of Hosts. Therefore, guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not be unfaithful.
  • Matt 5:31-32 : 31 It has been said, 'Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.' 32 But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, causes her to commit adultery. And anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
  • Matt 16:1 : 1 The Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and, testing Him, asked Him to show them a sign from heaven.
  • Matt 22:16-18 : 16 And they sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians, saying, 'Teacher, we know that you are truthful and teach the way of God in truth. You do not care about anyone’s opinion, for you do not look at people’s appearances.' 17 Tell us, then, what you think: Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not? 18 But Jesus, perceiving their malice, said, 'Why are you testing me, you hypocrites?
  • Matt 22:35 : 35 One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with a question,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Mark 10:2-5
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    2Some Pharisees approached him to test him, asking, 'Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?'

    3Jesus answered them, 'What did Moses command you?'

    4They replied, 'Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.'

    5Jesus said to them, 'He wrote this commandment for you because of the hardness of your hearts.'

  • Matt 19:4-10
    7 verses
    82%

    4He answered, "Have you not read that the Creator, from the beginning, made them male and female?"

    5And he said, "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh."

    6So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate.

    7They said to him, "Why then did Moses command that a certificate of divorce be given and the woman sent away?"

    8He said to them, "Moses allowed you to divorce your wives because of the hardness of your hearts, but it was not this way from the beginning."

    9I tell you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman, commits adultery. And whoever marries a divorced woman also commits adultery.

    10The disciples said to him, "If this is the situation between a husband and wife, it is better not to marry."

  • Matt 5:31-32
    2 verses
    77%

    31It has been said, 'Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.'

    32But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, causes her to commit adultery. And anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

  • Mark 10:9-12
    4 verses
    75%

    9'Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate.'

    10Back at the house, the disciples asked him again about this matter.

    11He told them, 'Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.'

    12And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.

  • Luke 16:18
    75%

    18Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

  • Mark 8:11
    74%

    11The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, seeking a sign from heaven to test him.

  • Matt 16:1
    73%

    1The Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and, testing Him, asked Him to show them a sign from heaven.

  • Matt 22:34-35
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    34But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together.

    35One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with a question,

  • Matt 22:41
    73%

    41While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,

  • Matt 22:15
    73%

    15Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might trap him in his words.

  • Mark 2:24
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    24The Pharisees said to Jesus, 'Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?

  • John 8:3
    72%

    3The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and they placed her in the middle.

  • Matt 22:17-18
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    72%

    17Tell us, then, what you think: Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?

    18But Jesus, perceiving their malice, said, 'Why are you testing me, you hypocrites?

  • Deut 24:1
    72%

    1If a man marries a woman but she does not find favor in his eyes because he finds something indecent about her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, give it to her, and send her away from his house.

  • Luke 6:2
    71%

    2Some of the Pharisees said to them, "Why are you doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?"

  • Luke 20:22-23
    2 verses
    71%

    22Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?'

    23But he perceived their craftiness and said to them, 'Why are you testing me?'

  • Luke 14:3
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    3Jesus responded to the experts in the law and the Pharisees, asking, 'Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?'

  • Matt 19:2
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    2Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.

  • Matt 15:1
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    1Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said,

  • Mark 12:18
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    18Some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him and questioned him.

  • Mark 12:13
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    13Later, they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to trap him in his words.

  • Mark 3:6
    70%

    6Immediately, the Pharisees went out and began to plot with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.

  • Deut 24:3
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    3If the second man also dislikes her and writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her, and sends her away from his house, or if the second man dies,

  • Matt 12:2
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    2But when the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, 'Look, Your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.'

  • Luke 11:53
    69%

    53While He was saying these things to them, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him fiercely and to question Him closely about many things,

  • Luke 20:34
    69%

    34Jesus replied to them, 'The people of this age marry and are given in marriage.

  • Luke 20:27-28
    2 verses
    69%

    27Some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is a resurrection, came to him and questioned him.

    28'Teacher,' they said, 'Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but has no children, the man should marry the widow to raise up offspring for his brother.'

  • Matt 15:3
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    3Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?

  • Matt 15:12
    68%

    12Then the disciples came to him and told him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”

  • Mark 6:18
    68%

    18John had been telling Herod, 'It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife.'

  • Matt 14:4
    68%

    4For John had been telling him, 'It is not lawful for you to have her.'

  • Luke 20:2
    68%

    2They said to him, 'Tell us, by what authority you do these things? Or who gave you this authority?'

  • John 8:5
    68%

    5In the Law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?"