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Matthew 19:3

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¶ 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?

The Pharisees {G5330} also {G2532} came {G4334} unto him {G846}, tempting {G3985} him {G846}, and {G2532} saying {G3004} unto him {G846}, Is it lawful {G1487}{G1832} for a man {G444} to put away {G630} his {G846} wife {G1135} for {G2596} every {G3956} cause {G156}?

Some P'rushim came and tried to trap him by asking, "Is it permitted for a man to divorce his wife on any ground whatever?"

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

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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Cross-References

  • Mark 10:2 (5 votes)

    And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away [his] wife? tempting him.

  • Hebrews 3:9 (3 votes)

    When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.

  • Matthew 22:35 (2 votes)

    Then one of them, [which was] a lawyer, asked [him a question], tempting him, and saying,

  • Luke 11:53 (2 votes)

    And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge [him] vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:

  • Luke 11:54 (2 votes)

    Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

  • John 8:6 (2 votes)

    This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with [his] finger wrote on the ground, [as though he heard them not].

  • Mark 12:13 (2 votes)

    ¶ And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in [his] words.