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Marriage & Being a Spouse

Divorcing a spouse and marrying another can constitute adultery.

Cited Scripture

Matthew 5:32; 19:9; Mark 10:11-12; Luke 16:18.

Read Cited Scripture (KJV) Matthew 5:32; Matthew 19:9; Mark 10:11–12; Luke 16:18

King James Version

Matthew 5:32

32But 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.

Matthew 19:9

9And 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.

Mark 10:11–12

11And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.

12And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.

Luke 16:18

18Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.

Scripture quotations are from the King James Version (KJV).