Matthew 5:32
But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
KJV
ἐγὼ δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι πᾶς ὁ ἀπολύων τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ παρεκτὸς λόγου πορνείας ποιεῖ αὐτὴν μοιχευθῆναι, καὶ ὃς ἐὰν ἀπολελυμένην γαμήσῃ μοιχᾶται.
Greek NT
Ego autem dico vobis : quia omnis qui dimiserit uxorem suam, excepta fornicationis causa, facit eam mœchari : et qui dimissam duxerit, adulterat.
Vulgate
but I say unto you, that every one that putteth away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, maketh her an adulteress: and whosoever shall marry her when she is put away committeth adultery.
ASV
But I say to you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, excepting the cause of fornication, maketh her to commit adultery: and he that shall marry her that is put away, committeth adultery.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
20 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γαμέω
gameo
verb · 28×
γυνή
gune
noun · 219×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
λόγος
logos
noun · 330×
μοιχάω
moichao
verb · 4×
μοιχεύω
moicheuo
verb · 16×
παρεκτός
parektos
adverb · 3×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
πορνεία
porneia
noun · 25×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
ἀπολύω
apoluo
verb · 67×
ἐάν
ean
conditional · 333×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: πᾶς ὁ ἀπολύων | WH/Treg/NIV: πᾶς ὁ ἀπολύων | RP: ὃς ἂν ἀπολύσῃ
- πᾶς ὁ ἀπολύων — SBLGNT
- πᾶς ὁ ἀπολύων — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ὃς ἂν ἀπολύσῃ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: μοιχευθῆναι | WH/Treg/NIV: μοιχευθῆναι | RP: μοιχᾶσθαι
- μοιχευθῆναι — SBLGNT
- μοιχευθῆναι — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- μοιχᾶσθαι — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Doctrines that cite this verse
Historic Christian voices
9 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 3 passages
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§2380Adultery refers to marital infidelity. When two partners, of whom at least one is married to another party, have sexual relations - even transient ones - they commit adultery. Christ condemns even adultery of mere desire.170 The sixth commandment and the New Testament forbid adultery absolutely.171 The prophets denounce the gravity of adultery; they see it as an image of the si…
§2382The Lord Jesus insisted on the original intention of the Creator who willed that marriage be indissoluble.173 He abrogates the accommodations that had slipped into the old Law.174 Between the baptized, "a ratified and consummated marriage cannot be dissolved by any human power or for any reason other than death."175
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Cross-references
- 1Cor 7:4 — The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
- 1Cor 7:10 — And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
- 1Cor 7:10 — And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
- Luke 16:18 — Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
- Mal 2:14 — Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
- Mark 10:5 — And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
- Matt 5:28 — But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
- Matt 19:8 — He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
- Matt 19:9 — And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
- Rom 7:3 — So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she
- Rom 7:3 — So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she