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Matthew 19:8-9 KJV
Matthew · chapter 19 · verses 8–9 · King James Version
8He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. 9And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.Matthew 19:8-9 · King James Version
Matthew 19:8-9 in context
6Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
7They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?
8He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
9And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
10His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.
11But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given.
Cross references
Key words (Strong's)
- fornicationporneiaillicit sexual intercourse, adultery, fornication, homosexuality, lesbianism, intercourse…G4202 →
- beginningarchēbeginning, origin, the person or thing that commences, the first person or thing in a…G746 →
- Whosoeverhoswho, which, what, thatG3739 →
- Whosoeveranhas no exact English equivalent, see definitions under AVG302 →
- hardnesssklērokardiahardness of heartG4641 →
- sufferedepitrepōto turn to, transfer, commit, intrust, to permit, allow, give leaveG2010 →
- adulterymoichaōto have unlawful intercourse with another's wife, to commit adultery withG3429 →
- exceptei mēif not, except, butG1508 →
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