Matthew 19:9

And I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, except for fornication, and marries another commits adultery; and whoever marries a divorcee commits adultery.”

Family 35 New Testament

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: “Because of your hard-heartedness Moses permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.

10His disciples say to Him, “If that's the situation of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry!”

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Cross References

Mark 10:11So He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her;

Romans 7:2For example, a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if the man should die, she is released from the law about 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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