Matthew 19:9

But I say unto you, That whosoever may send away his wife, not for fornication, and may marry another, commits adultery.

1902 William Baxter Godbey 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 says to them, Moses 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 the cause of a man with his wife is thus, it is better not to marry.

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Cross References

Mark 10:11Whosoever may send away his wife, and marry another, commits adultery unto her.

Romans 7:2For a woman who is under her husband has been given to her husband by the law so long as he lives; but if the husband may die, she is free from the law of the 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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