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Matthew 19:3

WEB

3Pharisees came to him, testing him and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”

KJV

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?

BSB

3Then some Pharisees came and tested Him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”

FBV

3Some Pharisees came to test him. “Is a man allowed to divorce his wife for any reason?” they asked.

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Extra References

Mark 10:2

2Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”


Hebrews 3:9

9where your fathers tested me and tried me, and saw my deeds for forty years.


Mark 12:13

13They sent some of the Pharisees and the Herodians to him, that they might trap him with words.


Mark 12:15

15Shall we give, or shall we not give?” But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, Why do you test me? Bring me a denarius, that I may see it.”


Matthew 22:16-18

16They sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and teach the way of God in truth, no matter whom you teach; for you aren’t partial to anyone. 17Tell us therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”

18But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why do you test me, you hypocrites?


Luke 11:53-54

53As he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be terribly angry, and to draw many things out of him, 54lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.


John 8:6

6They said this testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with his finger.


Matthew 5:31-32

31[+] It was also said, ‘Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,’32but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.


Matthew 16:1

1The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.


Matthew 22:35

35One of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him.