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Matthew 19:3

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And there came unto him Pharisees, trying him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

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Matthew 19:3 in other translations

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

Matthew 19:3 · World English Bible

Matthew 19:3 in context

  1. 1And it came to pass when Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judæa beyond the Jordan;
  2. 2and great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.
  3. 3And there came unto him Pharisees, trying him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
  4. 4And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,
  5. 5and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?