Matthew 19:7
“They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Matthew 19:7 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?
American Standard Version (ASV)English
They say unto him, Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorcement, and to put her away?
Open English Bible (OEB)English
“Why, then,” they said, “did Moses direct that a man should ‘serve his wife with a notice of separation and divorce her’?”
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Sie sagen zu ihm: Warum hat denn Moses geboten, einen Scheidebrief zu geben und sie zu entlassen?
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Dícenle: ¿Por qué, pues, Moisés mandó dar carta de divorcio, y repudiarla?
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Eles lhe disseram: Por que, pois, Moisés mandou lhe dar carta de separação, e divorciar-se?
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Eles Lhe disseram: "Por que, então, Moisés nos mandou dar uma certidão de divórcio e repudiar?"
📖 Matthew 19:7 in Context
5And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
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.
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