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Concerning Divorce

Luke 16:18 · §227

¹⁸“Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.

Same passage in the King James Version

¹⁸Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.

Parallel passages

On Adultery and Divorce — Matthew 5:27–32
On Divorce and Celibacy — Matthew 19:1–12
On Divorce and Celibacy — Mark 10:1–12

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