Matthew 19:3

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Matthew 19:1–5 · Berean Standard Bible

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.

3 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’?

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Matthew 16:1

Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came and tested Jesus by asking Him to show them a sign from heaven.

Matthew 22:16

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.

Matthew 22:17

So tell us what You think: Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

Matthew 22:18

But Jesus knew their evil intent and said, “You hypocrites, why are you testing Me?

Matthew 22:35

One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with a question:

Mark 10:2

Some Pharisees came to test Him. “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” they inquired.

Mark 12:13

Later, they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to catch Jesus in His words.

Mark 12:15

But Jesus saw through their hypocrisy and said, “Why are you testing Me? Bring Me a denarius to inspect.”

Luke 11:53

As Jesus went on from there, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him bitterly and to ply Him with questions about many things,

Luke 11:54

waiting to catch Him in something He might say.

John 8:6

They said this to test Him, in order to have a basis for accusing Him. But Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with His finger.

Hebrews 3:9

where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works.

Matthew 5:31

It has also been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’

Matthew 5:32

But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, brings adultery upon her. And he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

Malachi 2:14

Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.

Malachi 2:15

Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.

Malachi 2:16

“For I hate divorce,” says the LORD, the God of Israel. “He who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,” says the LORD of Hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith.