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Matthew 19:2–3

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And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.
¶ 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?
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  1. Matthew 12:15Rank 1 from verse 2
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    15But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;

  2. Mark 6:55–56Rank 2 from verse 2
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    55And ran through that whole region round about, and began to carry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was.

    56And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.

  3. Matthew 14:35–36Rank 3 from verse 2
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    35And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that were diseased;

    36And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.

  4. Matthew 15:30–31Rank 4 from verse 2
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    30And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus’ feet; and he healed them:

    31Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.

  5. Matthew 4:23–25Rank 5 from verse 2
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    23¶ And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.

    24And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.

    25And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judæa, and from beyond Jordan.

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  1. Mark 10:2Rank 1 from verse 3
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    2¶ And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.

  2. Hebrews 3:9Rank 2 from verse 3
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    9When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.

  3. John 8:6Rank 3 from verse 3
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    6This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.

  4. Luke 11:53–54Rank 4 from verse 3
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    53And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:

    54Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

  5. Mark 12:13Rank 5 from verse 3
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    13¶ And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words.

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Matthew 19:2

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Matthew 19:3

COMBINED MEANING

tempting

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of tempt. Sense 1: To try, test, put to the test. Sense 2: To entice toward evil.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

lawful

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Allowed, permitted, authorized, valid, right, or in agreement with the governing law or command applicable to the matter.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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put

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To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be.

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every

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Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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cause

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Sense 1: A reason, ground, matter in dispute, or judicial case. Sense 2: As a verb, to make something happen.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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1AND it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judæa beyond Jordan;

2And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.

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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?

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4And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,

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