Matthew 19:3
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And there came to him the Pharisees tempting him, saying: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

Matthew 5:31
And it hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce.

Matthew 16:1
And there came to him the Pharisees and Sadducees tempting: and they asked him to shew them a sign from heaven.

John 8:6
And this they said tempting him, that they might accuse him. But Jesus bowing himself down, wrote with his finger on the ground.

1 Corinthians 7:10
But to them that are married, not I, but the Lord, commandeth that the wife depart not from her husband.

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And there came to him the Pharisees tempting him, saying: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

tempting.

Matthew 16:1 And there came to him the Pharisees and Sadducees tempting: and they asked him to shew them a sign from heaven.

Matthew 22:16-18,35 And they sent to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying: Master, we know that thou art a true speaker and teachest the way of God in truth. Neither carest thou for any man: for thou dost not regard the person of men. . . .

Mark 10:2 And the Pharisees coming to him asked him, tempting him: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife?

Mark 12:13,15 And they sent to him some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians: that they should catch him in his words. . . .

Luke 11:53,54 And as he was saying these things to them, the Pharisees and the lawyers began violently to urge him and to oppress his mouth about many things, . . .

John 8:6 And this they said tempting him, that they might accuse him. But Jesus bowing himself down, wrote with his finger on the ground.

Hebrews 3:9 Where your fathers tempted me, proved and saw my works,

Is it.

Matthew 5:31,32 And it hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce. . . .

Malachi 2:14-16 And you have said: For what cause? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee, and the wife of thy youth, whom thou hast despised: yet she was thy partner, and the wife of thy covenant. . . .

Context
Teachings about Divorce
2And great multitudes followed him: and he healed them there. 3And there came to him the Pharisees tempting him, saying: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? 4Who answering, said to them: Have ye not read, that he who made man from the beginning, made them male and female? And he said:…
Lexicon
Then
Καὶ (Kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

[some] Pharisees
Φαρισαῖοι (Pharisaioi)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 5330: Of Hebrew origin; a separatist, i.e. Exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary.

came
προσῆλθον (prosēlthon)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4334: From pros and erchomai; to approach, i.e. come near, visit, or worship, assent to.

[and] tested
πειράζοντες (peirazontes)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3985: To try, tempt, test. From peira; to test, i.e. Endeavor, scrutinize, entice, discipline.

Him
αὐτὸν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

by asking
λέγοντες (legontes)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

vvv,
Εἰ (Ei)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1487: If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.

“Is it lawful
ἔξεστιν (exestin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1832: It is permitted, lawful, possible.

for a man
ἀνθρώπῳ (anthrōpō)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.

to divorce
ἀπολῦσαι (apolysai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 630: From apo and luo; to free fully, i.e. relieve, release, dismiss, or let die, pardon or divorce.

his
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

wife
γυναῖκα (gynaika)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1135: A woman, wife, my lady. Probably from the base of ginomai; a woman; specially, a wife.

for
κατὰ (kata)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 2596: A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined).

any
πᾶσαν (pasan)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

reason?”
αἰτίαν (aitian)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 156: From the same as aiteo; a cause, i.e. reason, crime.


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

And Pharisees came to Him, testing Him and saying, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for every cause?"

The Pharisees also came to him, tempting him, and saying to him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

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 the Pharisees came to him tempting him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

And there came unto him Pharisees, tempting him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

The Pharisees also came to him, tempting him, and saying to him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

Then came some of the Pharisees to Him to put Him to the proof by the question, "Has a man a right to divorce his wife whenever he chooses?"

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

And the Pharisees came near to him, tempting him, and saying to him, 'Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?'
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