Jesus replied, "Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hardness of heart; but it was not this way from the beginning.
Cross References
Matthew 19:7"Why then," they asked, "did Moses order a man to give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?"
Matthew 19:9Now I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman, commits adultery."
Mark 10:5But Jesus told them, "Moses wrote this commandment for you because of your hardness of heart.
Mark 16:14Later, as they were eating, Jesus appeared to the Eleven and rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen.
Treasury of Scripture
He said to them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
because.
Psalm 95:8
Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
Zechariah 7:12
Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts.
Malachi 2:13,14
And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand…
suffered.
Matthew 3:15
And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
Matthew 8:31
So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
1 Corinthians 7:6
But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
but.
Genesis 2:24
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Genesis 7:7
And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
Jeremiah 6:16
Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
