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Matthew 5:31

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“It was also said, ‘Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,’

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Matthew 5:31 in other translations

It was said also, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:

Matthew 5:31 · American Standard Version

Matthew 5:31 in context

  1. 29If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.
  2. 30If your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.
  3. 31“It was also said, ‘Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,’
  4. 32but 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.
  5. 33“Again you have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, ‘You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,’