Matthew 5:32

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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 that whoever looks on a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

And behold, two men talked with Him, who were Moses and Elijah,

Whosoever

He said to them, Because of your hard-heartedness Moses allowed you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was not so.

Yet you say, Why? Because Jehovah has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously; yet she is your companion and your covenant wife.

And Jesus answered and said to them, He wrote you this precept because of the hardness of your hearts.

Everyone putting away his wife and marrying another commits adultery; and everyone marrying her who is put away from her husband commits adultery.

So then if, while her husband lives, she is married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress. But if the husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress by becoming another man's wife.

The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. And likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife.

General references

And they said, Moses allowed a bill of divorce to be written, and to put her away.

Everyone putting away his wife and marrying another commits adultery; and everyone marrying her who is put away from her husband commits adultery.