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Matthew 19:3–4

The Pharisees also came to Him, testing Him, and saying to Him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for just any reason?”

And He answered and said to them, Have you not read that He who 1made them at the beginning cmade them male and female,’

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Matthew 19:3–4 — The New International Version (NIV)

Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?”

Haven’t you read,” he replied, that at the beginning the Creatormade them male and female,’

Matthew 19:3–4 — English Standard Version (ESV)

And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one’s wife for any cause?” He answered, Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female,

Matthew 19:3–4 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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? 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 19:3–4 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Some Pharisees came and tried to trap him with this question: “Should a man be allowed to divorce his wife for just any reason?”

Haven’t you read the Scriptures?” Jesus replied. They record that from the beginningGod made them male and female.’

Matthew 19:3–4 — New Century Version (NCV)

Some Pharisees came to Jesus and tried to trick him. They asked, “Is it right for a man to divorce his wife for any reason he chooses?”

Jesus answered, “Surely you have read in the Scriptures: When God made the world, ‘he made them male and female.’

Matthew 19:3–4 — American Standard Version (ASV)

And there came unto him Pharisees, trying him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,

Matthew 19:3–4 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And the Pharisees came to him tempting him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? But he answering said to them, Have ye not read that he who made them, from the beginning made them male and female,

Matthew 19:3–4 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Some Pharisees came to test him. They asked, “Can a man divorce his wife for any reason?” 

Jesus answered, “Haven’t you read that the Creator made them male and female in the beginning

Matthew 19:3–4 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Some Pharisees approached Him to test Him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife on any grounds?”

Haven’t you read,” He replied, that He who created them in the beginning made them male and female,”

Matthew 19:3–4 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Some Pharisees came to him, and to test him they asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause?” He answered, Have you not read that the one who made them at the beginningmade them male and female,’

Matthew 19:3–4 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

And Pharisees came up to him in order to test him, and asked if it was permitted for a man to divorce his wife for any cause. And he answered and said, “Have you not read that the one who created them from the beginning made them male and female

Matthew 19:3–4 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Some Pharisees came to put him to the test. They asked, “Does the Law allow a man to divorce his wife for any reason at all?”

Jesus replied, “Haven’t you read that in the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female’?

Matthew 19:3–4 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Some Pharisees came to Jesus, testing Him and asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason at all?”

And He answered and said, Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female,


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