Divorce

31 “It has been said, ‘Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 5:31 Deut. 24:1

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

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32 But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, makes her the victim of adultery, and anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.(A)

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32 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

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I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.”(A)

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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.

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11 He answered, “Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.(A)

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11 And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.

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For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law that binds her to him.(A)

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For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.

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So then, if she has sexual relations with another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress.(A) But if her husband dies, she is released from that law and is not an adulteress if she marries another man.

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So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

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10 To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.(A)

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10 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:

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11 But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband.(A) And a husband must not divorce his wife.

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11 But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

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