Matthew 5:32

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

I say

Matthew 5:28

Luke 9:30

Whosoever

General references

Mark 10:4

Luke 16:18

Bible References

I say

But I say to you, anyone who stares at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Suddenly, two men were talking with him. They were Moses and Elijah.

Whosoever

He told them, "It was because of your hardness of heart that Moses allowed you to divorce your wives. But from the beginning it was not this way.

Yet you ask, "For what reason?' Because the LORD acts as a witness between you and the wife of your youth, because you were unfaithful to her, your partner, the wife of your covenant.

But Jesus told them, "It was because of your hardness of heart that he wrote this command for you.

Any man who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery."

So while her husband is living, she will be called an adulterer if she lives with another man. But if her husband dies, she is free from this Law, so that she is not an adulterer if she marries another man.

A wife does not have authority over her own body, but her husband does. In the same way, a husband doesn't have authority over his own body, but his wife does.

General references

They said, "Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and to divorce her."

Any man who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery."