Luke 16:18

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from› [her] ‹husband committeth adultery.›

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  • Matt 19:9 : 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.›
  • Mark 10:11-12 : 11 And he saith unto them, ‹Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.› 12 ‹And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.›
  • 1 Cor 7:4 : 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.
  • Matt 5:31-32 : 31 ‹It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:› 32 ‹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.›
  • 1 Cor 7:10-12 : 10 ¶ And unto the married I command, [yet] not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from [her] husband: 11 But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to [her] husband: and let not the husband put away [his] wife. 12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

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    7 ‹For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;›

    8 ‹And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.›

    9 ‹What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.›

    10 And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same [matter].

    11 And he saith unto them, ‹Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.›

    12 ‹And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.›

  • Matt 19:3-10
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    89%

    3 ¶ The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

    4 And he answered and said unto them, ‹Have ye not read, that he which made› [them] ‹at the beginning made them male and female,›

    5 ‹And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?›

    6 ‹Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.›

    7 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?

    8 He saith unto them, ‹Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.›

    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.›

    10 His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with [his] wife, it is not good to marry.

  • Matt 5:31-32
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    31 ‹It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:›

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    2 For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to [her] husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of [her] husband.

    3 So then if, while [her] husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

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    1 ¶ When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give [it] in her hand, and send her out of his house.

    2 And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's [wife].

    3 And [if] the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth [it] in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, which took her [to be] his wife;

    4 Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that [is] abomination before the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance.

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    32 [But as] a wife that committeth adultery, [which] taketh strangers instead of her husband!

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    10 ¶ And unto the married I command, [yet] not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from [her] husband:

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    14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.

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    18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery.

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    4 Marriage [is] honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

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    16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.

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