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Matthew 19:9

“I tell you, anyone who divorces his wife except on the grounds of sexual immorality and then marries another woman, commits adultery.”

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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

8“Because of your hard-hearted attitude Moses permitted you to divorce your wives, but it wasn't like that in the beginning,” Jesus replied.

10“If that's the situation between husband and wife, it's better not to marry!” his disciples told him.

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Cross References

Genesis 20:3But God appeared to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “Listen! You're going to die because the woman you've taken is already married—she has a husband.”

Jeremiah 3:1If a man divorces his wife and she goes and marries someone else, could he ever go back to her? Wouldn't the country be made totally unclean by this? But you have done worse by prostituting yourselves with many lovers, and now you want to come back to me? declares the Lord.

Ezekiel 16:8When I passed by again, I looked at you and saw that you were old enough for lovemaking. So I spread my robe over you and covered up your naked body. I committed myself to you and made a solemn agreement with you, and made you mine, declares the Lord God.

Ezekiel 16:29So you took your promiscuous behavior to Babylonia, the country of merchants, but even then you weren't satisfied!

Mark 10:11“Any man who divorces his wife and marries again commits adultery against her,” he told them.

Romans 7:2For example, a married woman is bound by the law to her husband while he's alive, but if he dies, she's released from this legal obligation to him.

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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