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.


In Context

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.

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

8 He 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.

9 And 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.

10 His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.

Matthew 19:8 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

19:8Jesus replied, "Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:8He saith to them: Because Moses by reason of the hardness of your heart permitted you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:8He saith unto them, Moses for your hardness of heart suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it hath not been so.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:8He says to them, Moses, in view of your hardheartedness, allowed you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was not thus.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:8He saith unto them, Moses for your hardness of heart suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it hath not been so.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:8He saith to them, Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:8He said to them, |Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:8He saith to them — 'Moses for your stiffness of heart did suffer you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it hath not been so.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:8He said to them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.