Matthew 5:31 Cross References

Matthew 5:31

31: "You have heard that the law of Moses says, 'A man can divorce his wife by merely giving her a letter of divorce.'

Jeremiah 3:1

  1. "If a man divorces a woman and she marries someone else, he is not to take her back again, for that would surely corrupt the land. But you have prostituted yourself with many lovers, says the LORD. Yet I am still calling you to come back to me.

Deuteronomy 24:1

  1. "Suppose a man marries a woman but later discovers something about her that is shameful. So he writes her a letter of divorce, gives it to her, and sends her away.
  2. If she then leaves and marries another man
  3. and the second husband also divorces her or dies,
  4. the former husband may not marry her again, for she has been defiled. That would be detestable to the LORD. You must not bring guilt upon the land the LORD your God is giving you as a special possession.

Matthew 19:7

  1. "Then why did Moses say a man could merely write an official letter of divorce and send her away?" they asked.

Matthew 19:3

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

Mark 10:2

  1. Some Pharisees came and tried to trap him with this question: "Should a man be allowed to divorce his wife?"
  2. "What did Moses say about divorce?" Jesus asked them.
  3. "Well, he permitted it," they replied. "He said a man merely has to write his wife an official letter of divorce and send her away."
  4. But Jesus responded, "He wrote those instructions only as a concession to your hard-hearted wickedness.
  5. But God's plan was seen from the beginning of creation, for 'He made them male and female.'
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