His disciples said to Him, "If such is the case of the man with his wife, it is better not to marry."
Matthew 19:9 - English Majority Text Version And I say to you, that whoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and marries another, commits adultery; and whoever marrying a divorcee commits adultery." Higit pang mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I say to you: whoever dismisses (repudiates, divorces) his wife, except for unchastity, and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery. American Standard Version (1901) And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth her when she is put away committeth adultery. Common English Bible I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual unfaithfulness, and marries another woman commits adultery.” Catholic Public Domain Version And I say to you, that whoever will have separated from his wife, except because of fornication, and who will have married another, commits adultery, and whoever will have married her who has been separated, commits adultery." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I say to you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and he that shall marry her that is put away, committeth adultery. |
His disciples said to Him, "If such is the case of the man with his wife, it is better not to marry."
He said to them, "Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been thus.
"But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, except for a matter of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery; and whoever marries a divorcee commits adultery.
Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery; and everyone who marries a woman who is divorced from her husband commits adultery.
It is actually heard that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not even named among the Gentiles--that a man has his father's wife!
A wife has been bound by law as long as her husband lives; but if her husband also dies, she is free to be married to whom she desires, only in the Lord.
The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. And likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.