Luke 16:18
16 The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the gospel of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.
17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for a single stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.
Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
19 Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
20 And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
- KJV
- Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
- WEB
- “Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.
- ASV
- Every one that putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth one that is put away from a husband committeth adultery.
- DARBY
- Every one who puts away his wife and marries another commits adultery; and every one that marries one put away from a husband commits adultery.
- BLB
- Everyone sending away his wife and marrying another commits adultery. And the one marrying her sent away from a husband, he commits adultery.
- ÅB
- Hver den som skiller seg fra sin hustru og gifter seg med en annen kvinne, han driver hor, og hver den som gifter seg med en kvinne som er skilt fra sin mann, han driver hor.
- OTB
- Enhver som skiller seg fra sin hustru og gifter seg med en annen, begår ekteskapsbrudd, og enhver som gifter seg med en kvinne som er skilt fra sin mann, begår ekteskapsbrudd.
- B1930
- Hver den som skiller sig fra sin hustru og gifter sig med en annen kvinne, han driver hor, og hver den som gifter sig med en kvinne som er skilt fra sin mann, han driver hor.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 19:9
Now I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman, commits adultery.”
Read in contextMark 10:11–12
So He told them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.
Read in contextMatthew 5:31–32
It has also been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’
Read in context1 Corinthians 7:10–12
To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.
Read in context1 Corinthians 7:4
The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife.
Read in context