Matthew 5:32
But 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.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
31"It was also said, `If any man puts away his wife, let him give her a written notice of divorce.'
Cross References
Matthew 19:8"Moses," He replied, "in consideration of the hardness of your nature permitted you to put away your wives, but it has not been so from the beginning.
Luke 9:30And suddenly there were two men conversing with Him, who were Moses and Elijah.
Luke 16:18Every man who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery; and he who marries her when so divorced from her husband commits adultery.
1 Corinthians 7:4A married woman is not mistress of her own person: her husband has certain rights. In the same way a married man is not master of his own person: his wife has certain rights.
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 →