Luke 16:18
16 The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
17 And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of 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
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.
Read in contextMark 10:11–12
And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
Read in contextMatthew 5:31–32
It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
Read in context1 Corinthians 7:10–12
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
Read in context1 Corinthians 7:4
The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
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