Matthew 19:9

New International Reader's Version

Here is what I tell you. Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery. A man may divorce his wife only if she has not been faithful to him.”

Cross References

Genesis 20:3

So God appeared to Abimelek in a dream one night. He said to him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken. She is already married.”

2 Chronicles 21:11

Jehoram had also built high places on the hills of Judah. He had caused the people of Jerusalem to worship other gods. They weren’t faithful to the Lord. Jehoram had led Judah down the wrong path.

Jeremiah 3:1

“Suppose a man divorces his wife. What if she then marries another man? Should her first husband return to her again? If he does, won’t the land become completely ‘unclean’? People of Israel, you have lived like a prostitute. You have loved many other gods. So do you think you can return to me now?” announces the Lord.

Jeremiah 3:8

I gave Israel their letter of divorce. I sent them away because they were unfaithful to me so many times. But I saw that their sister nation Judah did not have any respect for me. They were not faithful to me either. They also went out and committed adultery with other gods.

Ezekiel 16:15

“ ‘ “But you trusted in your beauty. You used your fame to become a prostitute. You offered your body freely to anyone who passed by. In fact, you gave yourself to anyone who wanted you.

Ezekiel 16:29

Then you offered yourself to the people of Babylon. But that did not satisfy you either. There are many traders in the land of Babylon.

Ezekiel 16:8

“ ‘ “Later, I was passing by again. I looked at you. I saw that you were old enough for love. So I married you and took good care of you. I covered your naked body. I made a firm promise to you. I entered into a covenant with you. And you became mine,” announces the Lord and King.

Matthew 19:10

Here is what the disciples said to him. “If that’s the way it is between a husband and wife, it is better not to get married.”

Matthew 19:8

Jesus replied, “Moses let you divorce your wives because you were stubborn. But it was not this way from the beginning.

Matthew 5:32

But here is what I tell you. Anyone who divorces his wife makes her a victim of adultery. And anyone who gets married to the divorced woman commits adultery. A man may divorce his wife only if she has not been faithful to him.

Luke 16:18

“Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery. Also, the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

1 Corinthians 5:1

It is actually reported that there is sexual sin among you. I’m told that a man is sleeping with his father’s wife. Even people who don’t know God don’t let that kind of sin continue.

1 Corinthians 7:39

A woman has to stay married to her husband as long as he lives. If he dies, she is free to marry anyone she wants to. But the one she marries must belong to the Lord.

1 Corinthians 7:4

The wife’s body does not belong only to her. It also belongs to her husband. In the same way, the husband’s body does not belong only to him. It also belongs to his wife.