Matthew 5:32
But I say to you that anyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of some serious sexual sin, leads to her committing adultery; while anyone who marries her after her divorce is guilty of adultery.
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In Context
31“It was also said – ‘Let anyone who divorces his wife serve her with a notice of separation.’
Cross References
Malachi 2:14Yet you ask, “Why?” Because the Lord is testifying against you on behalf of the wife you married when you were young. You have been unfaithful to her, even though she is your companion, and your legal wife.
Matthew 19:8“Moses, owing to the hardness of your hearts,” answered Jesus, “permitted you to divorce your wives, but that was not so at the beginning.
Luke 9:30And all at once two men were talking with Jesus; they were Moses and Elijah,
Luke 16:18Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman is an adulterer, and the man who marries a divorced woman is an adulterer.
1 Corinthians 7:4It is not the wife, but the husband, who exercises power over her body; and so, too, it is not the husband, but the wife, who exercises power over his body.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 5:28-33
The Sermon on the Mount. 27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: 28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. 29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. 30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it… Read the whole commentary →