Mark 10:11
And he said to them: “Whoever dismisses his wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her.
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In Context
10And again, in the house, his disciples questioned him about the same thing.
12And if a wife dismisses her husband, and is married to another, she commits adultery.”
Cross References
Deuteronomy 24:2And when, having departed, she has married another,
Matthew 19:9And I say to you, that whoever will have separated from his wife, except because of fornication, and who will have married another, commits adultery, and whoever will have married her who has been separated, commits adultery.”
Romans 7:3Therefore, while her husband lives, if she has been with another man, she should be called an adulteress. But when her husband has died, she is freed from the law of her husband, such that, if she has been with another man, she is not an adulteress.
1 Corinthians 7:10But to those who have been joined in matrimony, it is not I who commands you, but the Lord: a wife is not to separate from her husband.
Matthew Henry on Mark 10:2-13
The Doctrine of Divorce. 1 And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judæa by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again. 2 And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him. 3 And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you? 4 And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away. 5 And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of… Read the whole commentary →