Divorce

The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

Jesus appeals to creation: what God hath joined, let not man put asunder; exception of fornication.

And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,

Jesus appeals to creation: what God hath joined, let not man put asunder; exception of fornication.

And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

Jesus appeals to creation: what God hath joined, let not man put asunder; exception of fornication.

Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

Jesus appeals to creation: what God hath joined, let not man put asunder; exception of fornication.

They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?

Jesus appeals to creation: what God hath joined, let not man put asunder; exception of fornication.

He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

Jesus appeals to creation: what God hath joined, let not man put asunder; exception of fornication.

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.

Jesus appeals to creation: what God hath joined, let not man put asunder; exception of fornication.

It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:

Sermon on the Mount: whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery.

But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

Sermon on the Mount: whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery.

And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.

Jesus' teaching that Moses permitted divorce for hardness of heart, but from the beginning it was not so.

And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?

Jesus' teaching that Moses permitted divorce for hardness of heart, but from the beginning it was not so.

And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.

Jesus' teaching that Moses permitted divorce for hardness of heart, but from the beginning it was not so.

And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.

Jesus' teaching that Moses permitted divorce for hardness of heart, but from the beginning it was not so.

But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.

Jesus' teaching that Moses permitted divorce for hardness of heart, but from the beginning it was not so.

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;

Jesus' teaching that Moses permitted divorce for hardness of heart, but from the beginning it was not so.

And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.

Jesus' teaching that Moses permitted divorce for hardness of heart, but from the beginning it was not so.

What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

Jesus' teaching that Moses permitted divorce for hardness of heart, but from the beginning it was not so.

And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same matter.

Jesus' teaching that Moses permitted divorce for hardness of heart, but from the beginning it was not so.

And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.

Jesus' teaching that Moses permitted divorce for hardness of heart, but from the beginning it was not so.

And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.

Jesus' teaching that Moses permitted divorce for hardness of heart, but from the beginning it was not so.

And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:

Paul's instruction: wife not to depart, husband not to put away; if unbelieving spouse departs, the brother or sister is not under bondage.

But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

Paul's instruction: wife not to depart, husband not to put away; if unbelieving spouse departs, the brother or sister is not under bondage.

But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

Paul's instruction: wife not to depart, husband not to put away; if unbelieving spouse departs, the brother or sister is not under bondage.

And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.

Paul's instruction: wife not to depart, husband not to put away; if unbelieving spouse departs, the brother or sister is not under bondage.

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

Paul's instruction: wife not to depart, husband not to put away; if unbelieving spouse departs, the brother or sister is not under bondage.

But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.

Paul's instruction: wife not to depart, husband not to put away; if unbelieving spouse departs, the brother or sister is not under bondage.

For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

Paul's instruction: wife not to depart, husband not to put away; if unbelieving spouse departs, the brother or sister is not under bondage.

Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

The Lord hateth putting away; God's witness against treachery to the wife of one's youth.

And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

The Lord hateth putting away; God's witness against treachery to the wife of one's youth.

For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

The Lord hateth putting away; God's witness against treachery to the wife of one's youth.

When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

Mosaic provision regulating bill of divorcement, referenced by Jesus.

And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man’s wife.

Mosaic provision regulating bill of divorcement, referenced by Jesus.

And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife;

Mosaic provision regulating bill of divorcement, referenced by Jesus.

Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

Mosaic provision regulating bill of divorcement, referenced by Jesus.

Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.

Whosoever putteth away his wife and marrieth another committeth adultery.

For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.

The wife is bound by the law to her husband as long as he liveth.

So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

The wife is bound by the law to her husband as long as he liveth.