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Mark 10:12

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

KJV

καὶ ἐὰν αὐτὴ ἀπολύσασα τὸν ἄνδρα αὐτῆς γαμήσῃ ἄλλον, μοιχᾶται.

Greek NT

Et si uxor dimiserit virum suum, et alii nupserit, mœchatur.

Vulgate

and if she herself shall put away her husband, and marry another, she committeth adultery.

ASV

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

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γαμέω
gameo
verb · 28×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μοιχάω
moichao
verb · 4×
ἀνήρ
aner
noun · 216×
ἀπολύω
apoluo
verb · 67×
ἄλλος
allos
adjective · 154×
ἐάν
ean
conditional · 333×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: αὐτὴ ἀπολύσασα τὸν ἄνδρα αὐτῆς γαμήσῃ ἄλλον | WH/Treg/NIV: αὐτὴ ἀπολύσασα τὸν ἄνδρα αὐτῆς γαμήσῃ ἄλλον | RP: ἐὰν γυνὴ ἀπολύσῃ τὸν ἄνδρα αὐτῆς καὶ γαμηθῇ ἄλλῳ
  • αὐτὴ ἀπολύσασα τὸν ἄνδρα αὐτῆς γαμήσῃ ἄλλονSBLGNT
  • αὐτὴ ἀπολύσασα τὸν ἄνδρα αὐτῆς γαμήσῃ ἄλλονWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐὰν γυνὴ ἀπολύσῃ τὸν ἄνδρα αὐτῆς καὶ γαμηθῇ ἄλλῳRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Doctrines that cite this verse

Historic Christian voices

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§1650Today there are numerous Catholics in many countries who have recourse to civil divorce and contract new civil unions. In fidelity to the words of Jesus Christ - "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another, commits adultery against her; and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery"158 The Church maintains that a new union cannot be recognized as …
Theology of the Body · 3 passages
The Meaning of Man's Original Solitude In the last reflection of the present cycle we reached an introductory conclusion, taken from the words of Genesis on the creation of man as male and female. We reached these words, that is, the "beginning," to which the Lord Jesus referred in his talk on the indissolubility of marriage (cf. Mt 19:3-9; Mk 10:1-12). But the conclusion at w…
Original Innocence and Man's Historical State Today's meditation presupposes what has already been established by the various analyses made up to now. They sprang from the answer Jesus gave to his interlocutors (cf. Mt 19:3-9; Mk 10:1-12). They had asked him a question about the indissolubility and unity of marriage. The Master had urged them to consider carefully that which w…
The Knowledge-Generation Cycle and the Perspective of Death We are drawing to the end of the cycle of reflections wherein we have tried to follow Christ's appeal handed down to us by Matthew 19:3-9 and by Mark 10:1-12: "Have you not read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, `For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 7:11 — But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
  • 1Cor 7:13 — And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.
  • John 4:18 — For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.