Matthew 19:9

I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for fornication, and marries another commits adultery. And whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.”

Text-Critical English NT

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 said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.

10His disciples said to him, “If such is the case of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry.”

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Cross References

Mark 10:11So he said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.

Romans 7:2For a married woman is bound by the law to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law concerning her 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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