3Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, |Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?|


In Context

1 It happened when Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan.

2 Great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there.

3 Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, |Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?|

4 He answered, |Haven't you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,

5 and said, 'For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall join to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?'

Matthew 19:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:3The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

19:3Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?"

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:3And there came to him the Pharisees tempting him, and saying: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:3And there came unto him Pharisees, trying him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:3And the Pharisees came to him tempting him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:3And there came unto him Pharisees, tempting him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:3The Pharisees also came to him, tempting him, and saying to him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:3And the Pharisees came near to him, tempting him, and saying to him, 'Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:3The Pharisees also came to him, tempting him, and saying to him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?