Matthew 19:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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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?

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? Two rival schools (as we saw at Matthew 5:31) were divided on this question-a delicate one, as de Wette pertinently remarks, in the dominions of Herod Antipas.

Matthew 19:3

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?