SinaiMatthew 19:8
American Standard Version
He saith unto them, Moses for your hardness of heart suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it hath not been so.
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Matthew 19:8 in other translations
He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.
Matthew 19:8 in context
- 6So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
- 7They say unto him, Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorcement, and to put her away?
- 8He saith unto them, Moses for your hardness of heart suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it hath not been so.
- 9And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth her when she is put away committeth adultery.
- 10The disciples say unto him, If the case of the man is so with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.