Matthew 19:8

He told them, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of the hardness of your hearts. But it was not like that from the beginning.

Genesis 2:24

This is why a man leaves his father and mother and bonds with his wife, and they become one flesh.

Genesis 7:7

So Noah, his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives entered the ark because of the waters of the flood.

Psalm 95:8

Do not harden your hearts as at Meribah,
as on that day at Massah in the wilderness

Jeremiah 6:16

This is what the Lord says:

Stand by the roadways and look.
Ask about the ancient paths:
Which is the way to what is good?
Then take it
and find rest for yourselves.
But they protested, “We won’t!”

They made their hearts like a rock so as not to obey the law or the words that the Lord of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the Lord of Hosts.

Malachi 2:13-14

And this is another thing you do: you cover the Lord’s altar with tears, with weeping and groaning, because He no longer respects your offerings or receives them gladly from your hands.

Matthew 3:15

Jesus answered him, “Allow it for now, because this is the way for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed Him to be baptized.

Matthew 8:31

“If You drive us out,” the demons begged Him, “send us into the herd of pigs.”

Mark 10:5

But Jesus told them, “He wrote this command for you because of the hardness of your hearts.

1 Corinthians 7:6

I say the following as a concession, not as a command.

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Summary

Matthew 19:8

He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

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Suffered

Matthew 3:15

Matthew 8:31

1 Corinthians 7:6

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