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Matthew 19:9

WEB

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.”

KJV

9And 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.

BSB

9Now I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman, commits adultery.

FBV

9I tell you, anyone who divorces his wife except on the grounds of sexual immorality and then marries another woman, commits adultery.”

Related Resources

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Divorce and Remarriage: EVERYTHING the Bible Says about It. - Mike Winger
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Is a Similar Sense of Calling Required for Marriage? - Desiring God
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Extra References

Matthew 5:32

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.


Luke 16:18

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


1 Corinthians 7:39

39A wife is bound by law for as long as her husband lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whomever she desires, only in the Lord.


1 Corinthians 7:10-13

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. 13The woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he is content to live with her, let her not leave her husband.


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.”


Romans 7:2-3

2For the woman that has a husband is bound by law to the husband while he lives, but if the husband dies, she is discharged from the law of the husband. 3So then if, while the husband lives, she is joined to another man, she would be called an adulteress. But if the husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she is joined to another man.


Jeremiah 3:8

8I saw when, for this very cause, that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a certificate of divorce, yet treacherous Judah, her sister, had no fear, but she also went and played the prostitute.


Genesis 12:18-19

18Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this that you have done to me? Why didn’t you tell me that she was your wife? 19Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her to be my wife? Now therefore, see your wife, take her, and go your way.”


Genesis 20:3

3But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, “Behold, you are a dead man, because of the woman whom you have taken; for she is a man’s wife.”


1 Corinthians 5:1

1It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles, that one has his fathers wife.