Matthew 19:3

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

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  • Mark 10:2 : 2 And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away [his] wife? tempting him.
  • Heb 3:9 : 9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.
  • Mark 12:13 : 13 ¶ And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in [his] words.
  • Mark 12:15 : 15 Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, ‹Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see› [it].
  • Luke 11:53-54 : 53 And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge [him] vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things: 54 Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.
  • John 8:6 : 6 This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with [his] finger wrote on the ground, [as though he heard them not].
  • Mal 2:14-16 : 14 Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet [is] she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. 15 And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. 16 For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for [one] covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
  • Matt 5:31-32 : 31 ‹It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:› 32 ‹But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.›
  • Matt 16:1 : 1 ¶ The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.
  • Matt 22:16-18 : 16 And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any [man]: for thou regardest not the person of men. 17 Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not? 18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, ‹Why tempt ye me,› [ye] ‹hypocrites?›
  • Matt 22:35 : 35 Then one of them, [which was] a lawyer, asked [him a question], tempting him, and saying,

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  • Mark 10:2-5
    4 verses
    92%

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

    3And he answered and said unto them, ‹What did Moses command you?›

    4And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put [her] away.

    5And Jesus answered and said unto them, ‹For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.›

  • Matt 19:4-10
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    82%

    4And he answered and said unto them, ‹Have ye not read, that he which made› [them] ‹at the beginning made them male and female,›

    5‹And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?›

    6‹Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.›

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

    8He saith unto them, ‹Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.›

    9‹And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except› [it be] ‹for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.›

    10His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with [his] wife, it is not good to marry.

  • Matt 5:31-32
    2 verses
    77%

    31‹It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:›

    32‹But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.›

  • Mark 10:9-12
    4 verses
    75%

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

    10And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same [matter].

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

    12‹And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.›

  • Luke 16:18
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    18‹Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from› [her] ‹husband committeth adultery.›

  • Mark 8:11
    74%

    11And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.

  • Matt 16:1
    73%

    1¶ The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.

  • Matt 22:34-35
    2 verses
    73%

    34¶ But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.

    35Then one of them, [which was] a lawyer, asked [him a question], tempting him, and saying,

  • Matt 22:41
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    41¶ While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,

  • Matt 22:15
    73%

    15¶ Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in [his] talk.

  • Mark 2:24
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    24And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?

  • John 8:3
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    3And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,

  • Matt 22:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?

    18But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, ‹Why tempt ye me,› [ye] ‹hypocrites?›

  • Deut 24:1
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    1¶ When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give [it] in her hand, and send her out of his house.

  • Luke 6:2
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    2And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days?

  • Luke 20:22-23
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    22Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or no?

    23But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, ‹Why tempt ye me?›

  • Luke 14:3
    71%

    3And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, ‹Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?›

  • Matt 19:2
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    2And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.

  • Matt 15:1
    70%

    1¶ Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,

  • Mark 12:18
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    18¶ Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,

  • Mark 12:13
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    13¶ And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in [his] words.

  • Mark 3:6
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    6And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

  • Deut 24:3
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    3And [if] the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth [it] in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, which took her [to be] his wife;

  • Matt 12:2
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    2But when the Pharisees saw [it], they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.

  • Luke 11:53
    69%

    53And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge [him] vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:

  • Luke 20:34
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    34And Jesus answering said unto them, ‹The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:›

  • Luke 20:27-28
    2 verses
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    27¶ Then came to [him] certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,

    28Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

  • Matt 15:3
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    3But he answered and said unto them, ‹Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?›

  • Matt 15:12
    68%

    12Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?

  • Mark 6:18
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    18For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.

  • Matt 14:4
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    4For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.

  • Luke 20:2
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    2And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?

  • John 8:5
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    5Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?