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Matthew 19:8
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Jesus replied,
“Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning.
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Matthew 19:8 in Other Translations
KJV
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.
ESV
8
He said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.
NLT
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Jesus replied, “Moses permitted divorce only as a concession to your hard hearts, but it was not what God had originally intended.
MSG
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Jesus said, "Moses provided for divorce as a concession to your hardheartedness, but it is not part of God's original plan.
CSB
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He told them, "Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of the hardness of your hearts. But it was not like that from the beginning.
Matthew 19:8 In-Context
6
So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
7
“Why then,” they asked, “did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?”
8
Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning.
9
I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.”
10
The disciples said to him, “If this is the situation between a husband and wife, it is better not to marry.”
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