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.


In Context

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?'

6 So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don't let man tear apart.|

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.|

Matthew 19:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:8He 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.

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 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.