His disciples said to him, “If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.”
Parallel translations
- KJV His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.
- BSB His disciples said to Him, “If this is the case between a man and his wife, it is better not to marry.”
- NKJV His disciples said to Him, “If such is the case of the man with his wife, it is better not to marry.”
- NASB The disciples *said to Him, “If the relationship of the man with his wife is like this, it is better not to marry.”
- NLT Jesus’ disciples then said to him, “If this is the case, it is better not to marry!”
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Cross-references · 13
- 1 Cor 7:32–35But I desire to have you to be free from cares. He who is unmarried is concerned for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;
- 1 Tim 4:3forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
- Prov 21:9It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than to share a house with a contentious woman.
- Prov 19:13–14A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.
- 1 Cor 7:39–40A wife is bound by law for as long as her husband lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whomever she desires, only in the Lord.
- 1 Cor 7:1–2Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman.
- Prov 21:19It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.
- 1 Cor 7:8But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.
- Prov 5:15–19Drink water out of your own cistern, running water out of your own well.
- 1 Tim 5:11–15But refuse younger widows, for when they have grown wanton against Christ, they desire to marry;
- Prov 18:22Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh.
- 1 Cor 7:26–28I think that it is good therefore, because of the distress that is on us, that it is good for a man to be as he is.
- Gen 2:18Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.”
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