Matthew 19:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

The Pharisees also came to him, testing him, and saying to him, Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?

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  • Mark 10:2 : 2 And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife? testing him.
  • Heb 3:9 : 9 When your fathers tested Me, proved Me, and saw My works forty years.
  • Mark 12:13 : 13 Then they sent to him some of the Pharisees and the Herodians, to trap him in his words.
  • Mark 12:15 : 15 Shall we pay, or shall we not pay?' But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, 'Why do you test me? Bring me a denarius, that I may see it.'
  • Luke 11:53-54 : 53 And as he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things: 54 Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something from his mouth, that they might accuse him.
  • John 8:6 : 6 They said this trying him, that they might have something to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he did not hear them.
  • Mal 2:14-16 : 14 Yet you say, Why? Because the LORD has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously; yet she is your companion and the wife of your covenant. 15 And did he not make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And why 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, says that he hates divorce; for one covers violence with his garment, says the LORD of hosts; therefore take heed to your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously.
  • Matt 5:31-32 : 31 Furthermore it has been said, 'Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce:' 32 But I say to you, that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except sexual immorality causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who is divorced commits adultery.
  • Matt 16:1 : 1 The Pharisees and the Sadducees came and, testing Him, asked Him to show them a sign from heaven.
  • Matt 22:16-18 : 16 And they sent out to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that you are true, and teach the way of God in truth, nor do you care about anyone, for you do not regard the person of men. 17 Tell us therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not? 18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why do you test me, you hypocrites?
  • Matt 22:35 : 35 Then one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him, and saying,

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  • Mark 10:2-5
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    92%

    2And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife? testing him.

    3And he answered and said to them, What did Moses command you?

    4And they said, Moses allowed to write a certificate of divorce, and to dismiss her.

    5And Jesus answered and said to them, Because of the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.

  • Matt 19:4-10
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    4And he answered and said to them, Have you not read that he who made them at the beginning made them male and female,

    5And said, For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh?

    6Therefore they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.

    7They said to him, Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away?

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

    9And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery.

    10His disciples said to him, If such is the case of the man with his wife, it is better not to marry.

  • Matt 5:31-32
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    31Furthermore it has been said, 'Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce:'

    32But I say to you, that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except sexual immorality causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who is divorced commits adultery.

  • Mark 10:9-12
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    75%

    9What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.

    10And in the house his disciples asked him again about the same matter.

    11And he said to them, Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.

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

  • Luke 16:18
    75%

    18Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced from her husband commits adultery.

  • Mark 8:11
    74%

    11And the Pharisees came out and began to question him, seeking a sign from heaven, testing him.

  • Matt 16:1
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    1The Pharisees and the Sadducees came 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.

    35Then one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him, and saying,

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

  • Matt 22:15
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    15Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might entangle him in his talk.

  • Mark 2:24
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    24And the Pharisees said to him, Look, why do they do what is not lawful on the Sabbath?

  • John 8:3
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    3And the scribes and Pharisees brought to him a woman caught in adultery; and when they had set her in the middle,

  • Matt 22:17-18
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    17Tell us therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?

    18But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why do you test me, you hypocrites?

  • Deut 24:1
    72%

    1When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it comes to pass that she finds no favor in his eyes, because he has found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a certificate of divorce, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

  • Luke 6:2
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    2And some of the Pharisees said to them, Why do you do what 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 to Caesar, or not?

    23But he perceived their trickery, and said to them, Why do you test me?

  • Luke 14:3
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    3And Jesus answered, speaking to 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
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    1Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem, saying,

  • Mark 12:18
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    18Then the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him and asked him,

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

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

  • Deut 24:3
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    3And if the latter husband dislikes her, and writes her a certificate of divorce, and gives it in her hand, and sends her out of his house; or if the latter husband dies, who took her to be his wife;

  • Matt 12:2
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    2But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, Look, your disciples do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath day.

  • Luke 11:53
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    53And as he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:

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

  • Luke 20:27-28
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    69%

    27Then some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is any resurrection, came to him,

    28Saying, Teacher, Moses wrote to us, If any man's brother dies, having a wife, and he dies without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up offspring for his brother.

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

  • Matt 15:12
    68%

    12Then his disciples came and said to him, Do you know that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?

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

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

  • Luke 20:2
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    2And spoke to him, saying, Tell us, by what authority do you do these things? Or who is he who gave you this authority?

  • John 8:5
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    5Now Moses in the law commanded us that such should be stoned: but what do you say?