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Teachings about Divorce

Mark 10:11

In 9 translations

BSB
So He told them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.
KJV
And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
WEB
He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.
ASV
And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her:
LSV
and He says to them, “Whoever may put away his wife, and may marry another, commits adultery against her;
YLT
and he saith to them, 'Whoever may put away his wife, and may marry another, doth commit adultery against her;
DBY
And he says to them, Whosoever shall put away his wife and shall marry another, commits adultery against her.
DRC
And he saith to them: Whosoever shall put away his wife and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
GNV
And he sayd vnto them, Whosoeuer shall put away his wife and marrie another, committeth adulterie against her.

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἂν (“maybe”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἐὰν (“if”).
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: ἂν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἂν; Robinson–Pierpont read ἐὰν.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· Ὃς ἂν ἀπολύσῃ τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ καὶ γαμήσῃ ἄλλην μοιχᾶται ἐπʼ αὐτήν,
RP2018
Καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς, Ὃς ἐὰν ἀπολύσῃ τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ καὶ γαμήσῃ ἄλλην, μοιχᾶται ἐπ’ αὐτήν·
TR-Boyd
Καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς, Ὃς ἐὰν ἀπολύσῃ τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ καὶ γαμήσῃ ἄλλην, μοιχᾶται ἐπ᾿ αὐτήν·
SCR1894
και λεγει αυτοις ος εαν απολυση την γυναικα αυτου και γαμηση αλλην μοιχαται επ αυτην

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Corinthians 7:10–11To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his…
  • Romans 7:3So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law and is not an adulteress, even if she marries another man.
  • Matthew 19:9Now I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman, commits adultery.”
  • Matthew 5:31–32It has also been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’ But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, brings adultery upon her. And he who marries a…
  • Luke 16:18Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
  • 1 Corinthians 7:4The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife.
  • Hebrews 13:4Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

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