Matthew 5:32
But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress. Whoever marries her after she has been divorced commits adultery.
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31It was also said, 'Whoever sends his wife away, let him give her a certificate of divorce.'
Cross References
Malachi 2:14But you say, “Why does he not?” Because Yahweh was a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have been faithless, even though she was your companion and your wife by covenant.
Matthew 19:8He said to them, “For your hardness of heart, Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not that way.
Luke 9:30Behold, two men were talking with him, Moses and Elijah,
Luke 16:18Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries one who is divorced from her husband commits adultery.
1 Corinthians 7:4It is not the wife who has authority over her own body, it is the husband. Likewise, the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.
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 →