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Source language
Original Greek   
Καὶ προσῆλθον ⸀αὐτῷ Φαρισαῖοι πειράζοντες αὐτὸν καὶ ⸀λέγοντες· Εἰ ἔξεστιν ⸀ἀνθρώπῳ ἀπολῦσαι τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ κατὰ πᾶσαν αἰτίαν;
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
Kai proselthon rauto Pharisaioi peirazontes auton kai rlegontes* Ei exestin ranthropo apolusai ten gunaika autou kata pasan aitian;

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
et accesserunt ad eum Pharisaei temptantes eum et dicentes si licet homini dimittere uxorem suam quacumque ex causa

King James Variants
American King James Version   
The Pharisees also came to him, tempting him, and saying to him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
King James 2000 (out of print)   
The Pharisees also came unto him, testing him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
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?
Authorized (King James) Version   
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?
New King James Version   
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?”
21st Century King James Version   
The Pharisees also came unto Him, testing Him and saying unto Him, “Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?”

Other translations
American Standard Version   
And there came unto him Pharisees, trying him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
And the Pharisees came to him and they were testing him, and they were saying, “Is it legal for a man to divorce his wife for any cause?”
Darby Bible Translation   
And the Pharisees came to him tempting him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
And there came to him the Pharisees tempting him, and saying: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
And there came unto him Pharisees, tempting him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one’s wife for any cause?”
God's Word   
Some Pharisees came to test him. They asked, "Can a man divorce his wife for any reason?"
Holman 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?"
International Standard Version   
Some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?"
NET Bible   
Then some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful to divorce a wife for any cause?"
New American Standard Bible   
Some Pharisees came to Jesus, testing Him and asking, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason at all?"
New International Version   
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?"
New Living Translation   
Some Pharisees came and tried to trap him with this question: "Should a man be allowed to divorce his wife for just any reason?"
Webster's Bible Translation   
The Pharisees also came to him, tempting him, and saying to him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
Weymouth New Testament   
Then came some of the Pharisees to Him to put Him to the proof by the question, "Has a man a right to divorce his wife whenever he chooses?"
The World English Bible   
Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?"
EasyEnglish Bible   
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?’
Young‘s Literal Translation   
And the Pharisees came near to him, tempting him, and saying to him, `Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?'
New Life Version   
The proud religious law-keepers came to Jesus. They tried to trap Him by saying, “Does the Law say a man can divorce his wife for any reason?”
Revised Geneva Translation   
Then the Pharisees came to Him, tempting Him, and saying to Him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife upon every occasion?”
The Voice Bible   
So some Pharisees approached Jesus and asked Him this tricky question about divorce: Pharisees: Is it ever lawful for a man to divorce his wife?
Living Bible   
Some Pharisees came to interview him and tried to trap him into saying something that would ruin him. “Do you permit divorce?” they asked.
New Catholic Bible   
Some Pharisees came forward and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason whatsoever?”
Legacy Standard Bible   
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?”
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Then the Pharisees came unto him, tempting him and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for any cause?
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?”
Amplified Bible © 1954   
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?
New Century Version   
Some Pharisees came to Jesus and tried to trick him. They asked, “Is it right for a man to divorce his wife for any reason he chooses?”
The Message   
One day the Pharisees were badgering him: “Is it legal for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Some Pharisees came in order to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
· Some Pharisees came to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce · his wife for any cause?”
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Some Pharisees came to him, and to test him they asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause?”
New Matthew Bible   
Then the Pharisees came to him, testing him and saying to him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for any reason at all?
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?”
Wycliffe Bible   
And the Pharisees came to him, tempting him, and said, Whether it be leaveful to a man to leave his wife, for any cause?
New Testament for Everyone   
Some Pharisees approached him with a trick question. “Is it lawful,” they asked, “for a man to divorce his wife for any reason at all?”
Contemporary English Version   
Some Pharisees wanted to test Jesus. They came up to him and asked, “Is it right for a man to divorce his wife for just any reason?”
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one’s wife for any cause?”
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
Then the Pharisees arrived with a test-question. “Is it right,” they asked, “for a man to divorce his wife on any grounds whatever?”
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Some Pharisees came to him, and to test him they asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause?”
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Some Pharisees came to him, and to test him they asked, ‘Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause?’
Common English Bible © 2011   
Some Pharisees came to him. In order to test him, they said, “Does the Law allow a man to divorce his wife for just any reason?”
Amplified Bible © 2015   
And Pharisees came to Jesus, testing Him and asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for just any reason?”
English Standard Version Anglicised   
And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one's wife for any cause?”
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Some Pharisees approached him, and tested him, saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause whatever?”
New American Standard Bible   
Some Pharisees came to Jesus, testing Him and asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason at all?”
The Expanded Bible   
Some Pharisees came to Jesus ·and tried to trick [to trap/test] him. They asked, “Is it ·right [lawful; C according to the law of Moses] for a man to divorce his wife for any reason he chooses?”
Tree of Life Version   
Pharisees came up to Yeshua, testing Him and saying, “Is it permitted for a man to divorce his wife for any reason at all?”
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?”
New International Reader's Version   
Some Pharisees came to test Jesus. They asked, “Does the Law allow a man to divorce his wife for any reason at all?”
BRG Bible   
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?
Complete Jewish Bible   
Some P’rushim came and tried to trap him by asking, “Is it permitted for a man to divorce his wife on any ground whatever?”
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
The Pharisees came to Jesus to test him. They asked, `Is it right for a man to send his wife away from him for any reason?'
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Some Pharisees came to him, and to test him they asked, ‘Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause?’
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
And the Perushim approached him with a she’elah to test him, and they asked him, Is it mutar (permissible) for a man to give a get (divorce) to his wife for any and every reason?
Names of God Bible   
Some Pharisees came to test him. They asked, “Can a man divorce his wife for any reason?”
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?”
Easy-to-Read Version   
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?”
International Children’s Bible   
Some Pharisees came to Jesus and tried to trick him. They asked, “Is it right for a man to divorce his wife for any reason he chooses?”
Lexham English Bible   
And Pharisees came up to him in order to test him, and asked if it was permitted for a man to divorce his wife for any cause.
New International Version - UK   
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?’
Disciples Literal New Testament   
And Pharisees came to Him— testing Him, and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to send-away his wife for any reason?”