Verse 3

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

Referenced Verses

  • Mark 10:2 : 2 Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"
  • Heb 3:9 : 9 where your fathers tested me by proving me, and saw my works for forty years.
  • Mark 12:13 : 13 They sent some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians to him, that they might trap him with words.
  • Mark 12:15 : 15 Shall we give, or shall we not give?" 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 As he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be terribly angry, and to draw many things out of him; 54 lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.
  • John 8:6 : 6 They said this testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus stooped down, and wrote on the ground with his finger.
  • Mal 2:14-16 : 14 Yet you say, 'Why?' Because Yahweh has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion, and the wife of your covenant. 15 Did he not make you one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? Why one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. 16 For I hate divorce," says Yahweh, the God of Israel, "and him who covers his garment with violence!" says Yahweh of Armies. "Therefore take heed to your spirit, that you don't deal treacherously.
  • Matt 5:31-32 : 31 "It was also said, 'Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,' 32 but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.
  • Matt 16:1 : 1 The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
  • Matt 22:16-18 : 16 They sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are honest, and teach the way of God in truth, no matter who you teach, for you aren't partial to anyone. 17 Tell us therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?" 18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, "Why do you test me, you hypocrites?
  • Matt 22:35 : 35 One of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him.