Divorce

Matthew 5

³¹ "Furthermore it has been said, _k 'Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.' ₁ ³² "But I say to you that _l whoever divorces his wife for any reason except ₂ sexual immorality causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who is divorced commits adultery.

1. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 24:1
   When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some uncleanness in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house.
   Jeremiah 3:1
   They say, 'If a man divorces his wife, And she goes from him And becomes another man's, May he return to her again?' Would not that land be greatly polluted? But you have played the harlot with many lovers; Yet return to Me," says the LORD.
   Mark 10:2
   The Pharisees came and asked Him, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?" testing Him.
   
2. Cross References
   Matthew 19:9
   "And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery."
   Mark 10:11
   So He said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.
   Luke 16:18
   Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced from her husband commits adultery.
   Romans 7:3
   So then if, while her husband lives, she marries another man, she will be called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law, so that she is no adulteress, though she has married another man.
   1 Corinthians 7:11
   But even if she does depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband is not to divorce his wife.