Matthew 19:9

And I say to you that whosoever shall forsake his wife who is not adulterous, and take another, committeth adultery; and whosoever taketh the deserted one, committeth adultery.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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, Musha, on account of the hardness of your heart, permitted you to send away your wives; but from the beginning it was not so.

10His disciples say to him, If thus be the case between the man and the woman, it is not expedient to take a wife.

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Cross References

Mark 10:11And he said to them, Every one who shall send away his wife, and take another, adulterizeth.

Romans 7:2as a woman who is bound in law to her husband as long as he liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is freed from the law of 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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