Matthew 5:32
But I say to you, that whoever may divorce his wife apart from a matter of fornication, disposes her to commit adultery, and whoever may marry her who has been divorced commits adultery.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
31And it was said, Whoever may divorce his wife, let him give her a divorce certificate.
Cross References
Malachi 2:14Yet ye say, Why? Because LORD has been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou have dealt treacherously, though she is thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
Matthew 19:8He says to them, For your hard heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it did not happened this way.
Luke 9:30And behold, two men talked with him, who were Moses and Elijah,
Luke 16:18Every man who divorces his wife and marries another, commits adultery, and every man who marries her who has been divorced from a husband commits adultery.
1 Corinthians 7:4The wife has not the right of her private body, but the husband, and likewise also the husband has not the right of his private body, but the wife.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 5:28-33
The Sermon on the Mount. 27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: 28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. 29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. 30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it… Read the whole commentary →