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Luke 16:18

WEB

18Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.

KJV

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

BSB

18Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

FBV

18Any man who divorces his wife and marries someone else commits adultery, and a man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

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Extra References

Matthew 19:9

9I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery.”


Mark 10:11-12

11He said to them, Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her. 12If a woman herself divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”


Matthew 5:31-32

31[+] It was also said, ‘Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,’32but 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.


1 Corinthians 7:10-12

10But to the married I commandnot I, but the Lordthat the wife not leave her husband 11(but if she departs, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband not leave his wife.

12But to the rest Inot the Lordsay, if any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she is content to live with him, let him not leave her.


1 Corinthians 7:4

4The wife doesn’t have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise also the husband doesn’t have authority over his own body, but the wife does.