^32 (A)But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and ^(B)whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

³ Accordingly, ^(A)she will be called an adulteress if she lives with another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she marries another man she is not an adulteress.

Divorce and Remarriage

^18 (A)“Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.

¹⁰ To the married ^(A)I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): ^(B)the wife should not separate from her husband ¹¹ (but if she does, ^(C)she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and ^(D)the husband should not divorce his wife.

⁸ He said to them, “Because of your ^(A)hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. ^9 (B)And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.”^[a]

⁴ For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.

⁵ And Jesus said to them, “Because of your ^(A)hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. ⁶ But ^(B)from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them ^(C)male and female.’ ^7 (D)‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife,^{[a] 8} and ^(E)the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two but one flesh. ^9 (F)What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”

¹⁰ And in the house the disciples asked him again about this matter. ¹¹ And he said to them, ^(G)“Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her, ¹² and ^(H)if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”

^14 (A)But you say, “Why does he not?” Because the Lord ^(B)was witness between you and the wife of your youth, ^(C)to whom ^(D)you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. ^15 (E)Did he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union?^[a] And what was the one God^[b] seeking?^{[c] (F)}Godly offspring. So guard yourselves^[d] in your spirit, and let none of you be ^(G)faithless to the wife of your youth. ¹⁶ “For ^(H)the man who does not love his wife but divorces her,^[e] says the Lord, the God of Israel, covers^[f] his garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and ^(I)do not be faithless.”

²⁸ But I say to you that ^(A)everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.