Matthew 19:3
King James Version (KJV)
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?
In context
1 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan;
2 And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.
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?
4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
Matthew 19:3 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- 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?
- WEB World English Bible
- Pharisees came to him, testing him and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Then some Pharisees came and tested Him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”
- ASV American Standard Version
- And there came unto him Pharisees, trying him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- 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?'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And the Pharisees came to him tempting him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
- WBS Webster Bible
- 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?