Matthew 19:9
And I say to you, Whoever putteth away his wife, except for fornication, and marrieth another, committeth adultery.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
10The disciples say to him, If such be the case of a man with his wife, it is not good to marry.
Cross References
Jeremiah 3:1It is said, if a man put away his wife, And she go from him, and become another man's, Shall he return to her again? Shall not that land be polluted? But thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; And shalt thou return to me, saith Jehovah?
Ezekiel 16:8And when I passed by thee, and saw thee, behold, it was thy time, the time of love. And I spread my skirt over thee and covered thy nakedness; and I swore to thee, and entered into covenant with thee, and thou becamest mine.
Ezekiel 16:29Thou hast also multiplied thy fornication with the land of Canaan, even to Chaldaea; and yet wast thou not satisfied therewith.
Mark 10:11And he saith to them, Whoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery against her.
Romans 7:2For the married woman is bound by law to her husband while he liveth; but if the husband die, she is released from the law which bound her 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 →