6 Bible Verses about divorce, in OT

Most Relevant Verses

Mark 10:4

They replied: Moses permitted us to write a bill of divorce, and put her away.

Matthew 19:7

They said to him: Why, then, did Moses command us to give a bill of divorce and put her away?

Matthew 5:31

It has been said: Whoever will put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce.

Matthew 19:4-8

He answered and said to them: Have you not read that the Creator, at the beginning, created them male and female, and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh? So then, they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let not man put asunder.read more.
They said to him: Why, then, did Moses command us to give a bill of divorce and put her away? He said to them: Moses, on account of the hardness of your hearts, permitted you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was not so.

Mark 10:5-9

And Jesus answered and said to them: On account of the hardness of your hearts, he wrote this commandment for you. But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife;read more.
and the two shall be one flesh. So, then, they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let not man put asunder.

Matthew 19:3

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?

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