Matthew 5:32
But *I* say unto you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, except for cause of fornication, makes her commit adultery, and whosoever marries one that is put away commits adultery.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
31It has been said too, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a letter of divorce.
Cross References
Malachi 2:14Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because Jehovah hath been a witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt unfaithfully: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
Matthew 19:8He says to them, Moses, in view of your hardheartedness, allowed you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was not thus.
Luke 9:30And lo, two men talked with him, who were Moses and Elias,
Luke 16:18Every one who puts away his wife and marries another commits adultery; and every one that marries one put away from a husband commits adultery.
1 Corinthians 7:4The wife has not authority over her own body, but the husband: in like manner also the husband has not authority over his own 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 →