Parallel Verses
Moffatt New Testament
Then the Pharisees came up to tempt him. They asked, "Is it right to divorce one's wife for any reason?"
New American Standard Bible
Some Pharisees came to
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?
Holman Bible
Some Pharisees approached Him to test Him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife on any grounds?”
International Standard Version
Some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?"
A Conservative Version
And Pharisees came to him, trying him, and saying to him, Is it permitted for a man to divorce his wife for every cause?
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?
Amplified
And Pharisees came to Jesus, testing Him and asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for just any reason?”
An Understandable Version
Some Pharisees came to Him, [attempting] to put Him to a test. They said, "Is it permissible by the law of Moses for a man to divorce his wife for any reason [he chooses]?"
Anderson New Testament
And the Pharisees came to him to tempt him, and said to him: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
Bible in Basic English
And certain Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, Is it right for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
Common New Testament
Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?"
Daniel Mace New Testament
The Pharisees likewise came to him, and maliciously propos'd this question, may a man lawfully put away his wife at discretion?
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?
Godbey New Testament
And the Pharisees came to Him, tempting Him, and saying to Him; Is it lawful for a man to send away his wife for any cause?
Goodspeed New Testament
And some Pharisees came up to him to test him, and they said, "Is it right for a man to divorce his wife for any cause?"
John Wesley New Testament
And the Pharisees came to him, tempting him and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
Julia Smith Translation
And the Pharisees came to him, tempting him, and saying to him, Is it lawful for a man to loose his wife for every cause
King James 2000
The Pharisees also came unto him, testing him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Pharisees came up to him [in order to] test him, and asked if it was permitted for a man to divorce his wife for any cause.
Modern King James verseion
And the Pharisees came to Him, tempting Him and saying to Him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then came unto him the Pharisees to tempt him, and said to him, "Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for all manner of causes?"
Montgomery New Testament
Presently some of the Pharisees came up to him, and made test of him by asking, "Is it right for a man to divorce his wife for every cause?"
NET Bible
Then some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful to divorce a wife for any cause?"
New Heart English Bible
The Pharisees came, testing him, and saying, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?"
Noyes New Testament
And the Pharisees came to him, trying him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
Sawyer New Testament
And the Pharisees came to him to try him, and said, Is it lawful [for a man] to put away his wife for every cause?
The Emphasized Bible
And there came unto him Pharisees, testing him, and saying, - Whether is it allowed a man to divorce his wife, for every cause?
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And the Pharisees came to him, tempting him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
Twentieth Century New Testament
Presently some Pharisees came up to him, and, to test him, said: "Has a man the right to divorce his wife for every cause?"
Webster
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?
Weymouth New Testament
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?"
Williams New Testament
And some Pharisees came up to Him, to try Him out with the question, "Is it right for a man to divorce his wife for any cause?"
World English Bible
Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?"
Worrell New Testament
And the Pharisees came to Him, tempting Him, and saying, "Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause"
Worsley New Testament
And the pharisees came to Him to ensnare Him, and asked Him, whether it was lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
Youngs 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?'
Themes
Christ » Slandered » Snares laid for
Divorce » Sought on slight grounds
Husbands' » Duty of, to wives » To dwell with them for life
Jesus Christ » History of » Interprets the law concerning marriage and divorce (in peraea)
Pharisees » Come to jesus with questions
Pharisees » Christ » Tempted by, with questions about the law
Topics
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References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 19:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
On Divorce
2 Large crowds followed him and he healed them there. 3 Then the Pharisees came up to tempt him. They asked, "Is it right to divorce one's wife for any reason?" 4 He replied, "Have you never read that He who created them male and female from the beginning
Cross References
Matthew 5:31-32
It used to be said, Whoever divorces his wife must give her a divorce-certificate.
Matthew 16:1
Now the Pharisees and Sadducees came up and, in order to tempt him, asked him to show them a Sign from heaven.
Matthew 22:16-18
They sent him their disciples with the Herodians, who said, "Teacher, we know you are sincere and that you teach the Way of God honestly and fearlessly; you do not court human favour.
Matthew 22:35
and one of them, a jurist, put a question in order to tempt him.
Mark 10:2
Now some Pharisees came up and asked him if a man was allowed to divorce his wife. This was to tempt him.
Mark 12:13
But they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to him for the purpose of catching him with a question.
Mark 12:15
Are we to pay, or are we not to pay?" But he saw their trick and said to them, "Why tempt me? Bring me a shilling. Let me see it."
Luke 11:53-54
After he had gone away, the scribes and Pharisees commenced to follow him up closely and cross-question him on many points,
John 8:6
(They said this to test him, in order to get a charge against him.) Jesus stooped down, and began to write with his finger on the ground;
Hebrews 3:9
where your fathers put me to the proof, and for forty years felt what I could do.