Matthew 5:31 References

31 "It was said, 'aWHOEVER SENDS HIS WIFE AWAY, LET HIM GIVE HER A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE';

a Deuteronomy 24:1, Deuteronomy 24:3, Jeremiah 3:1, Matthew 19:7, Mark 10:4

Deuteronomy 24

1 "When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some aindecency in her, and bhe writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out from his house,

Deuteronomy 24

3 and if the latter husband turns against her and writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house, or if the latter husband dies who took her to be his wife,

Jeremiah 3

1 God says, "aIf a husband divorces his wife And she goes from him And belongs to another man, Will he still return to her? Will not that land be completely polluted? But you bare a harlot with many lovers; Yet you cturn to Me," declares the Lord.

Matthew 19

7 They said to Him, "aWhy then did Moses command to GIVE HER A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE AND SEND her AWAY?"

Mark 10

4 They said, "aMoses permitted a man TO WRITE A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE AND SEND her AWAY."