30 And if your right hand causes you to stumble,(A) cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.

Divorce

31 “It has been said, ‘Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’[a](B) 32 But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, makes her the victim of adultery, and anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.(C)

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  1. Matthew 5:31 Deut. 24:1

30 And if your right hand causes you to [a]sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.

Marriage Is Sacred and Binding(A)

31 “Furthermore it has been said, (B)‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’ 32 But I say to you that (C)whoever divorces his wife for any reason except [b]sexual immorality causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who is divorced commits adultery.

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  1. Matthew 5:30 Lit. stumble or offend
  2. Matthew 5:32 Or fornication

30 Y si tu mano derecha te hace pecar, córtatela y arrójala. Más te vale perder una sola parte de tu cuerpo y no que todo él vaya al infierno.

El divorcio

31 »Se ha dicho: “El que se divorcia de su esposa debe darle un certificado de divorcio”.[a] 32 Pero yo digo que, excepto en caso de inmoralidad sexual, todo el que se divorcia de su esposa la induce a cometer adulterio y el que se casa con la divorciada comete adulterio.

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  1. 5:31 Dt 24:1.

30 (A)And if your right hand (B)causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into (C)hell.

Divorce

31 (D)“It was also said, (E)‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’ 32 (F)But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and (G)whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

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