Matthew 5:32

Easy To Read Version

But I tell you that any person that divorces his wife is causing his wife to be guilty of the sin of adultery. {\cf2\super [67]} The only reason for a person to divorce his wife is if his wife had sexual relations with another man. And any person that marries that divorced woman is guilty of the sin of adultery.

Cross References

Jeremiah 3:9

Judah did not care that she was acting like a prostitute. So she made her country ‘dirty.’ She did the sin of adultery by worshiping idols made out of stone and wood.

Matthew 5:28

But I tell you that if a person looks at a woman and wants to sin sexually with her, then that person has already done that sin with the woman in his mind.

Luke 16:18

“If a man divorces his wife and marries another woman, he is guilty of the sin of adultery. {\cf2\super [264]} And the man that marries a divorced woman is also guilty of adultery.”

Luke 9:30

Then two men were talking with Jesus. The men were Moses and Elijah. {\cf2\super [172]}

Luke 9:35

A voice came from the cloud. The voice said, “This is my Son. He is the One I have chosen. Obey him.”

Romans 7:3

But if that woman marries another man while her husband is still alive, the law says she is guilty of adultery. {\cf2\super [51]} But if the woman’s husband dies, then that woman is made free from the law of marriage. So if that woman marries another man after her husband dies, she is not guilty of adultery.

1 Corinthians 7:4

The wife does not have power over her own body. Her husband has the power over her body. And the husband does not have power over his own body. His wife has the power over his body.

Deuteronomy 24:2

When she has left his house, she may go and become another man’s wife.