A moment in scripture
Matthew 19:3
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The 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?
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The surrounding passage
- Matthew 19:1
And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judea beyond Jordan;
- Matthew 19:2
And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.
- Matthew 19:4
And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
- Matthew 19:5
And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.