Matthew 5:31

"It was also said, `If any man puts away his wife, let him give her a written notice of divorce.'

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:

In Context

30And if your right hand is a snare to you, cut it off and away with it; it is better for you that one member should be destroyed rather than that your whole body should go into Gehenna.

32But I tell you that every man who puts away his wife except on the ground of unfaithfulness causes her to commit adultery, and whoever marries her when so divorced commits adultery.

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Cross References

Matthew 19:3Then came some of the Pharisees to Him to put Him to the proof by the question, "Has a man a right to divorce his wife whenever he chooses?"

Mark 10:2Presently a party of Pharisees come to Him with the question--seeking to entrap Him, "May a man divorce his 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 →

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