Matthew 5:31

New American Bible - revised edition

“It was also said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a bill of divorce.’

Cross References

Jeremiah 3:1

If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him and then becomes the wife of another, Can she return to the first? Would not this land be wholly defiled? But you have played the prostitute with many lovers, and yet you would return to me!—oracle of the Lord.

Matthew 19:7

They said to him, “Then why did Moses command that the man give the woman a bill of divorce and dismiss [her]?”

Matthew 19:3

Some Pharisees approached him, and tested him, saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause whatever?”

Malachi 2:16

For I hate divorce, says the Lord, the God of Israel, And the one who covers his garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts. You should be on guard, then, for your life, and you must not break faith.