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Matthew 19:8
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Matthew 19:8 — The New International Version (NIV)
8 Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning.
Matthew 19:8 — English Standard Version (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.
Matthew 19:8 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
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.
Matthew 19:8 — New Living Translation (NLT)
8 Jesus replied, “Moses permitted divorce only as a concession to your hard hearts, but it was not what God had originally intended.
Matthew 19:8 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
8 He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.
Matthew 19:8 — New Century Version (NCV)
8 Jesus answered, “Moses allowed you to divorce your wives because you refused to accept God’s teaching, but divorce was not allowed in the beginning.
Matthew 19:8 — American Standard Version (ASV)
8 He saith unto them, Moses for your hardness of heart suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it hath not been so.
Matthew 19:8 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
8 He says to them, Moses, in view of your hardheartedness, allowed you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was not thus.
Matthew 19:8 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
8 Jesus answered them, “Moses allowed you to divorce your wives because you’re heartless. It was never this way in the beginning.
Matthew 19:8 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
8 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 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
8 He said to them, “It was because you were so hard-hearted that Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.
Matthew 19:8 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
8 He said to them, “Moses, with reference to your hardness of heart, permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not like this.
Matthew 19:8 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
8 Jesus replied, “Moses let you divorce your wives because you were stubborn. But it was not this way from the beginning.
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