Matthew 19:8
Jesus said to them,“Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hard hearts, but from the beginning it was not this way.
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- Mal 2:13-14 : 13 You also do this: You cover the altar of the LORD with tears as you weep and groan, because he no longer pays any attention to the offering nor accepts it favorably from you. 14 Yet you ask,“Why?” The LORD is testifying against you on behalf of the wife you married when you were young, to whom you have become unfaithful even though she is your companion and wife by law.
- Matt 3:15 : 15 So Jesus replied to him,“Let it happen now, for it is right for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John yielded to him.
- Mark 10:5 : 5 But Jesus said to them,“He wrote this commandment for you because of your hard hearts.
- Gen 2:24 : 24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and unites with his wife, and they become a new family.
- Gen 7:7 : 7 Noah entered the ark along with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives because of the floodwaters.
- Ps 95:8 : 8 He says,“Do not be stubborn like they were at Meribah, like they were that day at Massah in the wilderness,
- Jer 6:16 : 16 The LORD said to his people:“You are standing at the crossroads. So consider your path. Ask where the old, reliable paths are. Ask where the path is that leads to blessing and follow it. If you do, you will find rest for your souls.” But they said,“We will not follow it!”
- Zech 7:12 : 12 Indeed, they made their hearts as hard as diamond, so that they could not obey the Torah and the other words the LORD of Heaven’s Armies had sent by his Spirit through the former prophets. Therefore, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies had poured out great wrath.
- 1 Cor 7:6 : 6 I say this as a concession, not as a command.
- Matt 8:31 : 31 Then the demons begged him,“If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
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- Matt 19:3-75 verses87%
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.”
7They said to him,“Why then did Moses command us to give a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her?”
- Mark 10:2-1211 verses84%
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 19:9-113 verses81%
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!”
11He said to them,“Not everyone can accept this statement, except those to whom it has been given.
- Matt 5:31-322 verses78%
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.
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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.
- Deut 24:1-44 verses72%
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,
4her 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.
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34So Jesus said to them,“The people of this age marry and are given in marriage.
- Matt 5:27-282 verses68%
27Adultery“You have heard that it was said,‘Do not commit adultery.’
28But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
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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.”
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5In the law Moses commanded us to stone to death such women. What then do you say?”
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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.
- 1 Cor 7:10-112 verses67%
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.
- Matt 22:29-313 verses67%
29Jesus answered them,“You are deceived, because you don’t know the scriptures or the power of God.
30For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
31Now as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God,
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18for you have had five husbands, and the man you are living with now is not your husband. This you said truthfully!”
- Luke 20:28-292 verses66%
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.
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18“Which ones?” he asked. Jesus replied,“Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony,
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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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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.’
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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.
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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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2But because of immoralities, each man should have relations with his own wife and each woman with her own husband.
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1Religious and Social Regulations The LORD spoke to Moses:
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4because John had repeatedly told him,“It is not lawful for you to have her.”
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12then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother.
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14“You shall not commit adultery.