Matthew 19:3 — Compare Translations

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And Pharisees came to Him and put Him to the test by asking, Is it lawful and right to dismiss and repudiate and divorce one's wife for any and every cause?

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And Pharisees came to Him and put Him to the test by asking, Is it lawful and right to dismiss and repudiate and divorce one's wife for any and every cause?

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Then some Pharisees came and tested Him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Some Pharisees approached him to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife on any grounds?”

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And the Pharisees came to him tempting him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

English EASY 2024

Some Pharisees came to talk to Jesus. They wanted to see how he would answer their question. They asked, ‘Can a man send his wife away so that she is no longer his wife? Is it right for him to do that for any reason he chooses?’

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Some Pharisees came to Jesus. They tried to make him say something wrong. They asked him, "Is it right for a man to divorce his wife for any reason he chooses?"

And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, "Is it lawful to divorce one's wife for any cause?"

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Some Pharisees came to him and tried to trap him by asking, “Does our Law allow a man to divorce his wife for whatever reason he wishes?”

English God's Word - GW 1995

Some Pharisees came to test him. They asked, "Can a man divorce his wife for any reason?"

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Some Pharisees approached Him to test Him. They asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife on any grounds?"

English KJV 1611

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?

English LSB

And some Pharisees came to Jesus, testing Him and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason at all?”

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

The Pharisees also came to Him, tempting Him and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Some Pharisees came to Jesus, testing Him and asking, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason at all?"

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Some Pharisees approached him, and tested him, saying, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause whatever?"

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Then some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful to divorce a wife for any cause?”

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Some Pharisees came to put him to the test. They asked, "Does the Law allow a man to divorce his wife for any reason at all?"

English NIV

Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?"

English NKJ 1982

The Pharisees also came to Him, testing Him, and saying to Him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for just any reason?”

English NLT

Some Pharisees came and tried to trap him with this question: "Should a man be allowed to divorce his wife for any reason?"

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Some Pharisees came to him, and to test him they asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause?"

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

The Pharisees were intent on putting Jesus to the test with difficult questions, so they approached him and asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one's wife for any cause?”

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Some Pharisees came to interview him and tried to trap him into saying something that would ruin him. “Do you permit divorce?“ they asked.

English Tyndale 1537

Then came unto him the pharisees to tempt him, and said to him: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for all(any) manner of causes?