Matthew 19:8

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“He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.”

— WEB

“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.”

— KJV

“He saith unto them, Moses for your hardness of heart suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it hath not been so.”

— ASV

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Malachi 2:13-14 "This again you do: you cover Yahweh’s altar with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, because he doesn’t regard the offering any more, …"
Genesis 2:24 "Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh."
Mark 10:5 "But Jesus said to them, “For your hardness of heart, he wrote you this commandment."
Zechariah 7:12 "Yes, they made their hearts as hard as flint, lest they might hear the law, and the words which Yahweh of Armies had sent by his Spirit b…"
Jeremiah 6:16 "Yahweh says, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, ‘Where is the good way?’ and walk in it, and you will find rest for y…"
Matthew 3:15 "But Jesus, answering, said to him, “Allow it now, for this is the fitting way for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed him."
1 Corinthians 7:6 "But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment."
Genesis 7:7 "Noah went into the ship with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives, because of the floodwaters."

Commentary

He saith unto them, Moses--as a civil lawgiver. because of--or "having respect to." the hardness of your hearts--looking to your low moral state, and your inability to endure the strictness of the original law. suffered you to put away your wives--tolerated a relaxation of the strictness of the marriage bond--not as approving of it, but to prevent still greater evils. But from the beginning it was not so--This is repeated, in order to impress upon His audience the temporary and purely civil character of this Mosaic relaxation.

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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