Matthew 5:31 KJV — MannaFest

Matthew 5:31

It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:

KJV

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ASV

It was said also, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:

WEB

It has also been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’

YLT

`And it was said, That whoever may put away his wife, let him give to her a writing of divorce;

DBT

It has been said too, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a letter of divorce.

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Matthew — The Gospel of the promised King. Five discourses punctuate the narrative; roughly sixty-five Old Testament citations bind the story to the prophets.

Author: Matthew (Levi), a former tax collector called by Jesus
Date: c. AD 50–60

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9 verses on the floor

Jeremiah 3:1
They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the Lord.
Deuteronomy 24:1–4
When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
Matthew 19:7
They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?
Matthew 19:3
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?
Mark 10:2–9
And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement--a legal check upon reckless and tyrannical separation. The one legitimate ground of divorce allowed by the enactment just quoted was "some uncleanness"--in other words, conjugal infidelity.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Quotes DEU 24:1
'Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement'

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

MAT 5:31MAT 19:7 DEU 24:1-4
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
MAT 5:31MAT 19:3 MRK 10:2
MAT 5:31JER 3:1 EZE 16:26
MAT 5:31MAT 19:7 MRK 10:4
MAT 5:31JER 3:1 EZE 16:28-29
MAT 5:31JER 3:1 DEU 4:29-31
MAT 5:31JER 3:1 HOS 14:1-4
MAT 5:31MAT 19:7 MAL 2:16

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