Matthew 19:9

The Text-Critical English New Testament

I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for fornication, and marries another, commits adultery. And whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.”

Cross References

Matthew 19:10

His disciples said to him, “If such is the case of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry.”

Matthew 19:8

He said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.

Matthew 5:32

But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, apart from a matter of fornication, makes her commit adultery. And whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

Luke 16:18

“Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and everyone who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.

1 Corinthians 5:1

It is actually reported that there is fornication among you, a kind of fornication that is not even named among the Gentiles, for a man has his father's wife.

1 Corinthians 7:39

A wife is bound by the law to her husband for as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to anyone she wishes, but only in the Lord.

1 Corinthians 7:4

The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.