10His disciples said to him, |If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.|


In Context

7 They asked him, |Why then did Moses command us to give her a bill of divorce, and divorce her?|

8 He 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.

9 I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery.|

10 His disciples said to him, |If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.|

11 But he said to them, |Not all men can receive this saying, but those to whom it is given.

12 For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother's womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven's sake. He who is able to receive it, let him receive it.|

Matthew 19:10 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:10His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with [his] wife, it is not good to marry.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

19:10The disciples said to him, "If this is the situation between a husband and wife, it is better not to marry."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:10His disciples say unto him: If the case of a man with his wife be so, it is not expedient to marry.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:10The disciples say unto him, If the case of the man is so with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:10His disciples say to him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:10The disciples say unto him, If the case of the man is so with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:10His disciples say to him, If the case of the man is so with his wife, it is not good to marry.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:10His disciples say to him, 'If the case of the man with the woman is so, it is not good to marry.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:10His disciples say to him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.