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Matthew 19:8

Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hardness of heart. But it was not this way from the beginning.

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Matthew 19:8 has 10 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Malachi 2:13–14 (6 votes) and Genesis 2:24 (4 votes). 18 other verses point back to it. It links with 14 other books, from Genesis 2 to 1 Peter 3.

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Which verses does Matthew 19:8 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Malachi 2:13–146 votes

    And this is another thing you do: You cover the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping and groaning, because He no longer regards your offerings or receives them gladly from your hands. Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.

  2. Genesis 2:244 votes

    For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

  3. Jeremiah 6:162 votes

    This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’

  4. Zechariah 7:122 votes

    They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts.

  5. Mark 10:52 votes

    But Jesus told them, “Moses wrote this commandment for you because of your hardness of heart.

  6. Genesis 7:71 vote

    And Noah and his wife, with his sons and their wives, entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.

  7. Matthew 3:151 vote

    “Let it be so now,” Jesus replied. “It is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness in this way.” Then John permitted Him.

  8. 1 Corinthians 7:60 votes

    I say this as a concession, not as a command.

  9. Psalm 95:8-1 votes

    do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness,

  10. Matthew 8:31-1 votes

    So the demons begged Jesus, “If You drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”

Which verses point to Matthew 19:8?

The 10 strongest of 18.