Matthew 5:32
But I say to you, That whoever putteth away his wife, except for the offence of whoredom, causeth her to commit adultery: and he that taketh the divorced woman, committeth adultery.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
31It hath been said, That if a man will put away his wife, he must give her a writing of divorcement.
Cross References
Matthew 19:8He said to them: Moses, on account of the hardness of your heart, permitted you to divorce your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
Luke 9:30And lo, two men were talking with him: and they were Moses and Elijah,
Luke 16:18Whoever putteth away his wife, and taketh another, committeth adultery; and whoever taketh her that is put away, committeth adultery.
1 Corinthians 7:4The woman is not the sovereign over her body, but her husband: so also the man is not the sovereign over his body, but the wife.
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 →