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?'


In Context

1 And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these words, he removed from Galilee, and did come to the borders of Judea, beyond the Jordan,

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

3 And 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?'

4 And he answering said to them, 'Did ye not read, that He who made them, from the beginning a male and a female made them,

5 and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall be — the two — for 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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:3Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, |Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?|

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?