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The Book of Matthew, Chapter 5, Verse 32

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‹It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:›
King James Version
‹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.›
American Standard Version
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.
New English Translation
But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
World English Bible
but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.
33
‹Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:›
34
‹But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:›
35
‹Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.›
36
‹Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.›
37
‹But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.›
38
‹Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:›
39
‹But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.›
40
‹And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have› [thy] ‹cloke also.›
41
‹And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.›
42
‹Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.›