Matthew 19:3
1 When Jesus had finished saying these things, He left Galilee and went into the region of Judea beyond the Jordan.
2 Large crowds followed Him, and He healed them there.
Then some Pharisees came and tested Him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”
4 Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’
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’?
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Then some Pharisees came and tested Him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”
- KJV
- 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?
- WEB
- Pharisees came to him, testing him and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”
- ASV
- And there came unto him Pharisees, trying him, and saying, Is it lawful [for a man] to put away his wife for every cause?
- DARBY
- And the Pharisees came to him tempting him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
- BLB
- And Pharisees came to Him, testing Him and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to send away his wife for any cause?”
- ÅB
- Og fariseerne kom til ham, og testet ham og spurte: «Har en mann lov til å skille seg fra sin kone for en hvilken som helst grunn?»
- OTB
- Noen fariseere kom til ham for å teste ham og spurte: «Er det tillatt for en mann å skille seg fra sin kone av hvilken som helst grunn?»
- B1930
- Og fariseerne kom til ham, fristet ham og sa: Har en mann lov til å skille sig fra sin hustru for enhver saks skyld?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Mark 10:2
Some Pharisees came to test Him. “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” they inquired.
Read in contextHebrews 3:9
where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works.
Read in contextLuke 11:53–54
As Jesus went on from there, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him bitterly and to ply Him with questions about many things,
Read in contextMark 12:15
But Jesus saw through their hypocrisy and said, “Why are you testing Me? Bring Me a denarius to inspect.”
Read in contextMatthew 5:31–32
It has also been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’
Read in contextMatthew 22:16–18
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 attention to external appearance.
Read in contextMatthew 22:35
One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with a question:
Read in contextMark 12:13
Later, they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to catch Jesus in His words.
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