Matthew 19:3 “Then some Pharisees came and tested Him by asking, “Is it lawful for a…”

Matthew 19:3

Then some Pharisees came and tested Him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Then came vnto him the Pharises tempting him, and saying to him, Is it lawfull for a man to put away his wife vpon euery occasion?

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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?'

Bible in Basic English

And certain Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, Is it right for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

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Cross references

“tempting”

Mark 10:2 Hebrews 3:9 Matthew 16:1 Matthew 22:16–18 Matthew 22:35 Mark 12:13

Mark 10:2 · BSB

Some Pharisees came to test Him. “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” they inquired.

Hebrews 3:9 · BSB

where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works.

Matthew 16:1 · BSB

Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came and tested Jesus by asking Him to show them a sign from heaven.

Matthew 22:16–18 · BSB

They sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and that You teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You seek favor from no one, because You pay no…

Matthew 22:35 · BSB

One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with a question:

Mark 12:13 · BSB

Later, they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to catch Jesus in His words.

“Is it”

Malachi 2:14–16 Matthew 5:31 Matthew 5:32

Malachi 2:14–16 · BSB

Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.

Matthew 5:31 · BSB

It has also been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’

Matthew 5:32 · BSB

But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, brings adultery upon her. And he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2Large crowds followed Him, and He healed them there.

4Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’

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