Matthew 5:32
But I say to you, that whoever shall put away his wife, save for the cause of fornication, makes her commit adultery; and whoever shall marry her when put away, commits adultery.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
31And it was said: Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement.
Cross References
Matthew 19:8He says to them: Moses, for your hardness of heart, suffered you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was not so.
Luke 9:30And, behold, two men were talking with him, who were Moses and Elijah;
Luke 16:18Every one who puts away his wife, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when put away from a husband commits adultery.
1 Corinthians 7:4The wife has not power over her own body, but the husband; and in like manner the husband also has not power 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 →