Matthew 19:7
They said to him,“Why then did Moses command us to give a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her?”
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- Deut 24:1-4 : 1 If a man marries a woman and she does not please him because he has found something indecent in her, then he may draw up a divorce document, give it to her, and evict her from his house. 2 When she has left him she may go and become someone else’s wife. 3 If the second husband rejects her and then divorces her, gives her the papers, and evicts her from his house, or if the second husband who married her dies, 4 her first husband who divorced her is not permitted to remarry her after she has become ritually impure, for that is offensive to the LORD. You must not bring guilt on the land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
- Matt 5:31 : 31 Divorce“It was said,‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a legal document.’
- Mark 10:4 : 4 They said,“Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her.”
- Isa 50:1 : 1 This is what the LORD says:“Where is your mother’s divorce certificate by which I divorced her? Or to which of my creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold because of your sins; because of your rebellious acts I divorced your mother.
- Jer 3:8 : 8 She also saw that, because of wayward Israel’s adulterous worship of other gods, I sent her away and gave her divorce papers. But still her unfaithful sister Judah was not afraid, and she too went and gave herself like a prostitute to other gods.
- Mal 2:16 : 16 “I hate divorce,” says the LORD God of Israel,“and the one who is guilty of violence,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.“Pay attention to your conscience, and do not be unfaithful.”
- Matt 1:19 : 19 Because Joseph, her husband to be, was a righteous man, and because he did not want to disgrace her, he intended to divorce her privately.
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- Mark 10:2-1211 verses89%
2Then some Pharisees came, and to test him they asked,“Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”
3He answered them,“What did Moses command you?”
4They said,“Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her.”
5But Jesus said to them,“He wrote this commandment for you because of your hard hearts.
6But from the beginning of creation he made them male and female.
7For this reason a man will leave his father and mother,
8and the two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one flesh.
9Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
10In the house once again, the disciples asked him about this.
11So he told them,“Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.
12And if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”
- Matt 19:8-103 verses87%
8Jesus said to them,“Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hard hearts, but from the beginning it was not this way.
9Now I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another commits adultery.”
10The disciples said to him,“If this is the case of a husband with a wife, it is better not to marry!”
- Matt 5:31-322 verses82%
31Divorce“It was said,‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a legal document.’
32But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
- Matt 19:3-64 verses82%
3Then some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked,“Is it lawful to divorce a wife for any cause?”
4He answered,“Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator made them male and female,
5and said,‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be united with 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.”
- Deut 24:1-33 verses76%
1If a man marries a woman and she does not please him because he has found something indecent in her, then he may draw up a divorce document, give it to her, and evict her from his house.
2When she has left him she may go and become someone else’s wife.
3If the second husband rejects her and then divorces her, gives her the papers, and evicts her from his house, or if the second husband who married her dies,
- John 8:4-52 verses75%
4and said to Jesus,“Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of adultery.
5In the law Moses commanded us to stone to death such women. What then do you say?”
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18“Everyone who divorces his wife and marries someone else commits adultery, and the one who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.
- Luke 20:28-292 verses72%
28They asked him,“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies leaving a wife but no children, that man must marry the widow and father children for his brother.
29Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a woman and died without children.
- Mark 12:18-203 verses72%
18Marriage and the Resurrection Sadducees(who say there is no resurrection) also came to him and asked him,
19“Teacher, Moses wrote for us:‘If a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, that man must marry the widow and father children for his brother.’
20There were seven brothers. The first one married, and when he died he had no children.
- 1 Cor 7:10-112 verses72%
10To the married I give this command– not I, but the Lord– a wife should not divorce a husband
11(but if she does, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband), and a husband should not divorce his wife.
- Luke 20:33-342 verses72%
33In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For all seven had married her.”
34So Jesus said to them,“The people of this age marry and are given in marriage.
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19Hasn’t Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law! Why do you want to kill me?”
- Rom 7:2-32 verses71%
2For a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of the marriage.
3So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is alive, she will be called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she is joined to another man, she is not an adulteress.
- Matt 22:24-252 verses71%
24“Teacher, Moses said,‘If a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and father children for his brother.’
25Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children he left his wife to his brother.
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23In the resurrection, when they rise again, whose wife will she be? For all seven had married her.”
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22However, because Moses gave you the practice of circumcision(not that it came from Moses, but from the forefathers), you circumcise a male child on the Sabbath.
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28In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had married her.”
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27Adultery“You have heard that it was said,‘Do not commit adultery.’
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24That is why a man leaves his father and mother and unites with his wife, and they become a new family.
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11The Jealousy Ordeal The LORD spoke to Moses:
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31For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.
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31Now as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God,
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1Religious and Social Regulations The LORD spoke to Moses:
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1The Nazirite Vow Then the LORD spoke to Moses: