Matthew 5

Divorce Practices Censured

31 "It was also said, Whoever divorces* 5:31 Jr 3:1; Mt 19:7; Mk 10:4his wife must give her a written notice of divorce.* 5:31 Dt 24:1,* 5:31 Dt 24:132 But I tell you, everyone who divorces his wife, except in a case of sexual immorality, causes her to commit adultery. And whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.* 5:32 Mt 19:9; Mk 10:11; Lk 16:18; Rm 7:3; 1Co 7:11