Matthew 5:32
30 And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to depart into hell.
31 It has also been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’
But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, brings adultery upon her. And he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
33 Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not break your oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.’
34 But I tell you not to swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne;
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, brings adultery upon her. And he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.
- ASV
- but I say unto you, that every one that putteth away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, maketh her an adulteress: and whosoever shall marry her when she is put away committeth adultery.
- DARBY
- But *I* say unto you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, except for cause of fornication, makes her commit adultery, and whosoever marries one that is put away commits adultery.
- BLB
- But I say to you⁺ that everyone sending away his wife, except [for] the reason of sexual immorality, causes her to commit adultery. And whoever shall marry her [who] has been sent away, he commits adultery.
- ÅB
- Men jeg sier dere at hver den som skiller seg fra sin kone, om det ikke er på grunn av seksuell umoral, han gjør henne til en horkvinne; og den som gifter seg med en fraskilt kvinne, han ligger med en annen manns kone.
- OTB
- Men jeg sier dere, den som skiller seg fra sin hustru, unntatt for hor, får henne til å bryte ekteskapet, og den som gifter seg med en fraskilt kvinne, bryter ekteskapet.
- B1930
- Men jeg sier eder at hver den som skiller sig fra sin hustru uten for hors skyld, han volder at hun driver hor, og den som gifter sig med en fraskilt kvinne, han driver hor.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 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 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 7:10–11
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 contextMatthew 19:8–9
Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hardness of heart; but it was not this way from the beginning.
Read in contextMark 10:5–12
But Jesus told them, “Moses wrote this commandment for you because of your hardness of heart.
Read in contextMalachi 2:14–16
Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.
Read in contextMatthew 5:28
But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
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