The Sermon on the Mount: Divorce

31 “And it was said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’[a] 32 But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for a matter of sexual immorality, causes her to commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

The Sermon on the Mount: Taking Oaths

33 “Again you have heard that it was said to the people of old,[b] ‘Do not swear falsely,[c] but fulfill your oaths to the Lord.’[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 5:31 A quotation from Deut 24:1
  2. Matthew 5:33 Literally “ancients”
  3. Matthew 5:33 Or “do not break your oath”
  4. Matthew 5:33 A quotation from Lev 19:12