Matthew 19:3

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And the Pharisees came near to him, tempting him, and saying to 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, having come near, questioned him, if it is lawful for a husband to put away a wife, tempting him,
  • Heb 3:9 : 9 in which tempt Me did your fathers, they did prove Me, and saw My works forty years;
  • Mark 12:13 : 13 and they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, that they may ensnare him in discourse,
  • Mark 12:15 : 15 And he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, `Why me do ye tempt? bring me a denary, that I may see;'
  • Luke 11:53-54 : 53 And in his speaking these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began fearfully to urge and to press him to speak about 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 and this they said, trying him, that they might have to accuse him. And Jesus, having stooped down, with the finger he was writing on the ground,
  • Mal 2:14-16 : 14 And ye have said, `Wherefore?' Because Jehovah hath testified between thee And the wife of thy youth, That thou hast dealt treacherously against her, And she thy companion, and thy covenant-wife. 15 And He did not make one `only', And He hath the remnant of the Spirit. And what `is' the one `alone'! He is seeking a godly seed. And ye have been watchful over your spirit, And with the wife of thy youth, None doth deal treacherously. 16 For `I' hate sending away, said Jehovah, God of Israel, And He `who' hath covered violence with his clothing, said Jehovah of Hosts, And ye have been watchful over your spirit, And ye do not deal treacherously.
  • Matt 5:31-32 : 31 `And it was said, That whoever may put away his wife, let him give to her a writing of divorce; 32 but I -- I say to you, that whoever may put away his wife, save for the matter of whoredom, doth make her to commit adultery; and whoever may marry her who hath been put away doth commit adultery.
  • Matt 16:1 : 1 And the Pharisees and Sadducees having come, tempting, did question him, to shew to them a sign from the heaven,
  • Matt 22:16-18 : 16 and they send to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, `Teacher, we have known that thou art true, and the way of God in truth thou dost teach, and thou art not caring for any one, for thou dost not look to the face of men; 17 tell us, therefore, what dost thou think? is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not?' 18 And Jesus having known their wickedness, said, `Why me do ye tempt, hypocrites?
  • Matt 22:35 : 35 and one of them, a lawyer, did question, tempting him, and saying,

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  • Mark 10:2-5
    4 verses
    92%

    2And the Pharisees, having come near, questioned him, if it is lawful for a husband to put away a wife, tempting him,

    3and he answering said to them, `What did Moses command you?'

    4and they said, `Moses suffered to write a bill of divorce, and to put away.'

    5And Jesus answering said to them, `For the stiffness of your heart he wrote you this command,

  • Matt 19:4-10
    7 verses
    82%

    4And he answering said to them, `Did ye not read, that He who made `them', from the beginning a male and a female made them,

    5and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall be -- the two -- for one flesh?

    6so that they are no more two, but one flesh; what therefore God did join together, let no man put asunder.'

    7They say to him, `Why then did Moses command to give a roll of divorce, and to put her away?'

    8He saith to them -- `Moses for your stiffness of heart did suffer you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it hath not been so.

    9`And I say to you, that, whoever may put away his wife, if not for whoredom, and may marry another, doth commit adultery; and he who did marry her that hath been put away, doth commit adultery.'

    10His disciples say to him, `If the case of the man with the woman is so, it is not good to marry.'

  • Matt 5:31-32
    2 verses
    77%

    31`And it was said, That whoever may put away his wife, let him give to her a writing of divorce;

    32but I -- I say to you, that whoever may put away his wife, save for the matter of whoredom, doth make her to commit adultery; and whoever may marry her who hath been put away doth commit adultery.

  • Mark 10:9-12
    4 verses
    75%

    9what therefore God did join together, let not man put asunder.'

    10And in the house again his disciples of the same thing questioned him,

    11and he saith to them, `Whoever may put away his wife, and may marry another, doth commit adultery against her;

    12and if a woman may put away her husband, and is married to another, she committeth adultery.'

  • Luke 16:18
    75%

    18`Every one who is sending away his wife, and marrying another, doth commit adultery; and every one who is marrying her sent away from a husband doth commit adultery.

  • Mark 8:11
    74%

    11and the Pharisees came forth, and began to dispute with him, seeking from him a sign from the heaven, tempting him;

  • Matt 16:1
    73%

    1And the Pharisees and Sadducees having come, tempting, did question him, to shew to them a sign from the heaven,

  • Matt 22:34-35
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    73%

    34and the Pharisees, having heard that he did silence the Sadducees, were gathered together unto him;

    35and one of them, a lawyer, did question, tempting him, and saying,

  • Matt 22:41
    73%

    41And the Pharisees having been gathered together, Jesus did question them,

  • Matt 22:15
    73%

    15Then the Pharisees having gone, took counsel how they might ensnare him in words,

  • Mark 2:24
    73%

    24and the Pharisees said to him, `Lo, why do they on the sabbaths that which is not lawful?'

  • John 8:3
    72%

    3and the scribes and the Pharisees bring unto him a woman having been taken in adultery, and having set her in the midst,

  • Matt 22:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17tell us, therefore, what dost thou think? is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not?'

    18And Jesus having known their wickedness, said, `Why me do ye tempt, hypocrites?

  • Deut 24:1
    72%

    1`When a man doth take a wife, and hath married her, and it hath been, if she doth not find grace in his eyes (for he hath found in her nakedness of anything), and he hath written for her a writing of divorce, and given `it' into her hand, and sent her out of his house,

  • Luke 6:2
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    2and certain of the Pharisees said to them, `Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbaths?'

  • Luke 20:22-23
    2 verses
    71%

    22Is it lawful to us to give tribute to Caesar or not?'

    23And he, having perceived their craftiness, said unto them, `Why me do ye tempt?

  • Luke 14:3
    71%

    3and Jesus answering spake to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, `Is it lawful on the sabbath-day to heal?'

  • Matt 19:2
    71%

    2and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there.

  • Matt 15:1
    70%

    1Then come unto Jesus do they from Jerusalem -- scribes and Pharisees -- saying,

  • Mark 12:18
    70%

    18And the Sadducees come unto him, who say there is not a rising again, and they questioned him, saying,

  • Mark 12:13
    70%

    13and they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, that they may ensnare him in discourse,

  • Mark 3:6
    70%

    6and the Pharisees having gone forth, immediately, with the Herodians, were taking counsel against him how they might destroy him.

  • Deut 24:3
    70%

    3and the latter man hath hated her, and written for her a writing of divorce, and given `it' into her hand, and sent her out of his house, or when the latter man dieth, who hath taken her to himself for a wife:

  • Matt 12:2
    70%

    2and the Pharisees having seen, said to him, `Lo, thy disciples do that which it is not lawful to do on a sabbath.'

  • Luke 11:53
    69%

    53And in his speaking these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began fearfully to urge and to press him to speak about many things,

  • Luke 20:34
    69%

    34And Jesus answering said to them, `The sons of this age do marry and are given in marriage,

  • Luke 20:27-28
    2 verses
    69%

    27And certain of the Sadducees, who are denying that there is a rising again, having come near, questioned him,

    28saying, `Teacher, Moses wrote to us, If any one's brother may die, having a wife, and he may die childless -- that his brother may take the wife, and may raise up seed to his brother.

  • Matt 15:3
    69%

    3And he answering said to them, `Wherefore also do ye transgress the command of God because of your tradition?

  • Matt 15:12
    68%

    12Then his disciples having come near, said to him, `Hast thou known that the Pharisees, having heard the word, were stumbled?'

  • Mark 6:18
    68%

    18for John said to Herod -- `It is not lawful to thee to have the wife of thy brother;'

  • Matt 14:4
    68%

    4for John was saying to him, `It is not lawful to thee to have her,'

  • Luke 20:2
    68%

    2and spake unto him, saying, `Tell us by what authority thou dost these things? or who is he that gave to thee this authority?'

  • John 8:5
    68%

    5and in the law, Moses did command us that such be stoned; thou, therefore, what dost thou say?'