Matthew 19:7 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁷They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?

Matthew 19:7 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 24:1-4
When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. …
Matthew 5:31
It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
Mark 10:4
And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
Malachi 2:16
For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
Jeremiah 3:8
And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.

Topics

Betrothal Bill of Divorce Concubinage Courtship Divorce Jesus, the Christ Marriage Polygamy

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 3-12)

We have here the law of Christ in the case of divorce, occasioned, as some other declarations of his will, by a dispute with the Pharisees. So patiently did he endure the contradiction of sinners, that he turned it into instructions to his own disciples! Observe, here I. The case proposed by the Pharisees (Matt. 19:3); Isa. it lawful for a man to put away his wife? This they asked, tempting him, n…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 7)

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