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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?

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KJV 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?

BSB Berean Standard Bible

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

WEB World English Bible

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

ASV 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?

YLT 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?’

Surrounding context — Matthew 19

1 And it came to pass, [that] when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan;

2 And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.

3 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?

4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made [them] at the beginning made them male and female,

5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

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Mark 10:2And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away [his] wife? tempting him.Hebrews 3:9When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.Matthew 16:1The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.Matthew 22:35Then one of them, [which was] a lawyer, asked [him a question], tempting him, and saying,Luke 11:53-54And 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:Matthew 22:16-18And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any [man]: for thou regardest not the person of men.Mark 12:15Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see [it].Matthew 5:31-32It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:John 8:6This 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 12:13And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in [his] words.Malachi 2:14-16Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet [is] she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.