Verse 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.

Referenced Verses

• 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.”