Matthew 19:9

And I say to you, that whoever leaveth his wife, [no] but for fornication, and weddeth another, doeth lechery [or doeth adultery]; and he that weddeth the forsaken wife, doeth lechery [or doeth adultery].

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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

8And he said to them, For Moses, for the hardness of your heart (s), suffered you to leave your wives, (or It was because of the hardness of your hearts, that Moses allowed you to leave 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 so, it speedeth not to be wedded (or it is more expedient not to be married).

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Cross References

Genesis 20:3Soothly God came to Abimelech by a sweven in the night (or And God came to Abimelech by a dream in the night), and said to him, Lo! thou shalt die, for the woman which thou hast taken, for she hath an husband.

Jeremiah 3:1It is said commonly, If a man forsaketh his wife, and she go away from him, and be wedded to another husband, whether he shall turn again [any] more to her? whether that woman shall not be defouled, and made unclean? (or shall he return to her again? shall that woman not be defiled, and made unclean?) Forsooth thou hast done fornication with many lovers; nevertheless turn thou again to me, saith the Lord, and I shall receive thee.

Ezekiel 16:8And I passed by thee, and I saw thee, and lo! thy time, the time of lovers (or yea, the time of love); and I spreaded abroad my clothing on thee, and I covered thy shame, ( or thy nakedness). And I swore to thee, and I made a covenant with thee, saith the Lord God, and thou were made a wife to me.

Ezekiel 16:29And thou multipliedest thy fornication in the land of Canaan with Chaldees, and neither so thou were [ful] filled. (And thou multipliedest thy fornication, that is, thy idolatry, in the land of Canaan with the Chaldeans, and thou were still not fulfilled.)

Mark 10:11And he said to them, Whoever leaveth his wife, and weddeth another, he doeth adultery on her.

Romans 7:2For that woman that is under an husband, is bound to the law, while the husband liveth; but if her husband is dead, she is delivered [or she is unbound] 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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