Matthew 19:9

And I say to you, that whoever shall put away his wife, except for fornication, and shall marry another, commits adultery; and whoever marries her when put away, commits adultery.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

In Context

8He says to them: Moses, for your hardness of heart, suffered you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was not so.

10His disciples say to him: If the case of the man with the woman is so, it is not good to marry.

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Cross References

Mark 10:11And he says to them: Whoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, commits adultery against her.

Romans 7:2For the married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives; but if the husband die, she is loosed from the law of the husband.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 19:4-13

The Law of Divorce. 3 The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? 4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, 5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? 6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put… Read the whole commentary →

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