Mark 10:11
9 Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”
10 When they were back inside the house, the disciples asked Jesus about this matter.
So He told them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.
12 And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.”
13 Now people were bringing the little children to Jesus for Him to place His hands on them, and the disciples rebuked those who brought them.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So He told them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.
- KJV
- And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
- WEB
- He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.
- ASV
- And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her:
- DARBY
- And he says to them, Whosoever shall put away his wife and shall marry another, commits adultery against her.
- BLB
- And He says to them, “Whoever shall send away his wife and shall marry another, he commits adultery against her.
- ÅB
- Og han sa til dem: Den som skiller seg fra sin hustru og gifter seg med en annen, han gjør seg skyldig i hor mot henne,
- OTB
- Han sa til dem, “Den som skiller seg fra sin kone og gifter seg med en annen kvinne, begår ekteskapsbrudd mot henne;
- B1930
- Og han sa til dem: Den som skiller sig fra sin hustru og gifter sig med en annen, han gjør sig skyldig i hor mot henne,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 5:31–32
It has also been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’
Read in contextRomans 7:3
So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law and is not an adulteress, even if she marries another man.
Read in contextMatthew 19:9
Now I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman, commits adultery.”
Read in context1 Corinthians 7:10–11
To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.
Read in contextLuke 16:18
Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
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 contextHebrews 13:4
Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
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