Luke 16:18

Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman is an adulterer, and the man who marries a divorced woman is an adulterer.

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In The King James Version

Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.

In Context

17It would be easier for the heavens and the earth to disappear than for one stroke of a letter in the Law to be lost.

19There was once a rich man, who dressed in purple robes and fine linen, and feasted every day in great splendor.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:31“It was also said – ‘Let anyone who divorces his wife serve her with a notice of separation.’

Mark 10:11and he said, “Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman is guilty of adultery against his wife;

1 Corinthians 7:10To those who are married my direction is – yet it is not mine, but the Master’s – that a woman is not to leave her husband

Matthew Henry on Luke 16:2-19

The Unjust Steward. 1 And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. 2 And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward. 3 Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed. 4 I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of… Read the whole commentary →

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