Matthew 5:31

It has been said: Whoever will put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:

In Context

30And if your right hand ensnare you, cut it off, and throw it from you; for it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not that your whole body should be thrown into hell.

32But I say to you, Whoever shall put away his wife, unless on account of lewdness, causes her to commit adultery: and whoever marries her that is divorced, commits adultery.

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Cross References

Matthew 19:3And the Pharisees came to him to tempt him, and said to him: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

Mark 10:2And the Pharisees came to him, and that they might tempt him, asked him the question: Is it lawful for a man to put away his 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 →

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