Matthew 19:7

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

Matthew 19:7

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

“Why then,” they asked, “did Moses order a man to give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?”

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KJV

King James Version

They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?

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WEB

World English Bible

They asked him, “Why then did Moses command us to give her a certificate of divorce and divorce her?”

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ASV

American Standard Version

They say unto him, Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorcement, and to put [her] away?

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

They say to Him, “Why then did Moses command to give [her] a roll of divorce and to send her away?”

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Matthew 19

⁵ and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?

⁶ So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”

⁷ “Why then,” they asked, “did Moses order a man to give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?”

⁸ Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hardness of heart. But it was not this way from the beginning.

⁹ Now I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.”

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