Matthew 19:9

And I say to you that whoever may put away his wife, if not for whoredom, and may marry another, commits adultery; and he who married her that has been put away, commits adultery.”

Literal Standard Version

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 stiffness of heart permitted you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it has not been 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

Genesis 20:3And God comes to Abimelech in a dream of the night and says to him, “Behold, you [are] a dead man, because of the woman whom you have taken—and she married to a husband.”

Jeremiah 3:1“Saying, Behold, one sends his wife away, || And she has gone from him, || And she has been to another man, || Does he return to her again? Is that land not greatly defiled? And you have committed whoredom with many lovers, || And turn to Me again,” || A declaration of YHWH.

Ezekiel 16:8And I pass over by you, and I see you, || And behold, your time [is] a time of loves, || And I spread My skirt over you, || And I cover your nakedness, || And I swear to you, and come into a covenant with you, || A declaration of Lord YHWH, || And you become Mine.

Ezekiel 16:29And you multiply your whoredoms || On the land of Canaan—toward Chaldea, || And even with this you have not been satisfied.

Mark 10:11and He says to them, “Whoever may put away his wife, and may marry another, commits adultery against her;

Romans 7:2For the married woman to the living husband has been bound by law, and if the husband may die, she has been free 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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