31 *Dt 24.1-4;Mt 19.7;Mk 10.4.You have been taught that a man who divorces his wife must write out divorce papers for her.*5.31 write out divorce papers for her: Jewish men could divorce their wives, but the women could not divorce their husbands. The purpose of writing these papers was to make it harder for a man to divorce his wife. Before this law was made, all a man had to do was to send his wife away and say that she was no longer his wife.32 *Mt 19.9;Mk 10.11,12;Lk 16.18;1 Co 7.10,11.But I tell you not to divorce your wife unless she has committed some terrible sexual sin.*5.32 some terrible sexual sin: This probably refers to the laws about the wrong kinds of marriages that are forbidden in Leviticus 18.6-18 or to some serious sexual sin. If you divorce her, you will cause her to be unfaithful, just as any man who marries her is guilty of taking another man’s wife.