6 Bible Verses about divorce, in OT

Most Relevant Verses

Mark 10:4

"Moses," they said, "permitted a man to 'draw up in writing a notice of separation and divorce his wife.'"

Matthew 19:7

"Why, then," they said, "did Moses direct that a man should 'serve his wife with a notice of separation and divorce her'?"

Matthew 5:31

It was also said--'Let any one who divorces his wife serve her with a notice of separation.'

Matthew 19:4-8

"Have not you read," replied Jesus, "that at the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female,' And said--'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother, and be united to his wife, and the man and his wife shall become one'? So that they are no longer two, but one. What God himself, then, has yoked together man must not separate."read more.
"Why, then," they said, "did Moses direct that a man should 'serve his wife with a notice of separation and divorce her'?" "Moses, owing to the hardness of your hearts," answered Jesus, "permitted you to divorce your wives, but that was not so at the beginning.

Mark 10:5-9

"It was owing to the hardness of your hearts," said Jesus, "that Moses gave you this direction; But, at the beginning of the Creation, God 'made them male and female.' 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother,read more.
And the man and his wife shall become one;' so that they are no longer two, but one. What God himself, then, has yoked together man must not separate."

Matthew 19:3

Presently some Pharisees came up to him, and, to test him, said: "Has a man the right to divorce his wife for every cause?"

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