Luke 16:18
Everyone who puts away his wife and takes another, is a false husband: and he who is married to a woman whose husband has put her away, is no true husband to her.
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In Context
17But heaven and earth will come to an end before the smallest letter of the law may be dropped out.
Cross References
Matthew 5:31Again, it was said, Whoever puts away his wife has to give her a statement in writing for this purpose:
Mark 10:11And he said to them, Whoever puts away his wife and takes another, is false to his wife;
1 Corinthians 7:10But to the married I give orders, though not I but the Lord, that the wife may not go away from her husband
Matthew Henry on Luke 16:2-19
The Unjust Steward. 1 And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. 2 And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward. 3 Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed. 4 I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of… Read the whole commentary →