Mat 19:3
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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And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away {his} wife? tempting him.
When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.
Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?
And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge {him} vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:
Master, which {is} the great commandment in the law?
Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see {it}. {penny: valuing of our money seven pence halfpenny}
And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in {his} words.
This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with {his} finger wrote on the ground, {as though he heard them not}.
It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.
Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet {is} she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with {them} according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for {one} covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously. {that he...: or, if he hate her, put her away} {putting...: Heb. to put away}
It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
And unto the married I command, {yet} not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from {her} husband:
This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with {his} finger wrote on the ground, {as though he heard them not}.
And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.
And, behold, there was a man which had {his} hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.
And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away {his} wife? tempting him.
Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny. {penny: in value seven pence halfpenny}
The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.