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Mark 10:11

He said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Adultery;   Commandments;   Jesus, the Christ;   Marriage;   The Topic Concordance - Adultery;   Divorce;   Marriage;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Adultery;   Divorce;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Immorality, Sexual;   Marriage;   Woman;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Conflagration;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Divorce;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Adultery;   Celibacy;   Divorce;   Family;   Mark, the Gospel of;   Marriage;   Woman;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Jesus Christ;   Marriage;   Mss;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Adultery ;   Asceticism (2);   Celibacy (2);   Common Life;   Discourse;   Divorce (2);   Ethics (2);   Eunuch ;   Fig-Tree ;   Home (2);   Husband ;   Marriage;   Matthew, Gospel According to;   Prophet;   Sermon on the Mount;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Divorce;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Divorce in New Testament;   Family;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Marriage;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for May 25;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife
King James Version (1611)
And he saith vnto them, Whosoeuer shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
King James Version
And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
English Standard Version
And he said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her,
New American Standard Bible
And He said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her;
New Century Version
He answered, "Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman is guilty of adultery against her.
Amplified Bible
And He said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And He said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her;
Legacy Standard Bible
And He *said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her;
Berean Standard Bible
So He told them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.
Contemporary English Version
He told them, "A man who divorces his wife and marries someone else is unfaithful to his wife.
Complete Jewish Bible
He said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against his wife;
Darby Translation
And he says to them, Whosoever shall put away his wife and shall marry another, commits adultery against her.
Easy-to-Read Version
He said, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman has sinned against his wife. He is guilty of adultery.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he sayd vnto them, Whosoeuer shal put away his wife and marrie another, committeth adulterie against her.
George Lamsa Translation
And he said to them, Whoever divorces his wife and marries another, commits adultery.
Good News Translation
He said to them, "A man who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against his wife.
Lexham English Bible
And he said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.
Literal Translation
And He said to them, Whoever may dismiss his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.
American Standard Version
And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her:
Bible in Basic English
And he said to them, Whoever puts away his wife and takes another, is false to his wife;
Hebrew Names Version
He said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her.
International Standard Version
So he said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.Matthew 5:32; 19:9; Luke 16:18; Romans 7:3; 1 Corinthians 7:10-11;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
And he said to them, Every one who shall send away his wife, and take another, adulterizeth.
Murdock Translation
And he said to them: Whoever shall divorce his wife, and take another, committeth adultery.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he sayth vnto them: Whosoeuer putteth away his wyfe, & maryeth another, committeth adulterie agaynst her.
English Revised Version
And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her:
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he saith to them, Whosoever shall put away his wife and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
Weymouth's New Testament
He replied, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman, commits adultery against the first wife;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he seide to hem, Who euer leeuith his wijf, and weddith another, he doith auowtri on hir.
Update Bible Version
And he says to them, Whoever divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her:
Webster's Bible Translation
And he saith to them, Whoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
New English Translation
So he told them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.
New King James Version
So He said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.
New Living Translation
He told them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries someone else commits adultery against her.
New Life Bible
He said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another is not faithful to her and is guilty of a sex sin.
New Revised Standard
He said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and he saith unto them - Whosoever shall divorce his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he saith to them: Whosoever shall put away his wife and marry another committeth adultery against her.
Revised Standard Version
And he said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another, commits adultery against her;
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And he sayde vnto them: Whosoever putteth awaye his wyfe and maryeth another breaketh wedlocke to her warde.
Young's Literal Translation
and he saith to them, `Whoever may put away his wife, and may marry another, doth commit adultery against her;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he sayde vnto the: Who so euer putteth awaye his wife, & marieth another, breaketh wedlocke to her warde.
Mace New Testament (1729)
whoever repudiates his wife and marries another, commits adultery against her:
Simplified Cowboy Version
He told them, "Anyone (cowboy or cowgirl) who divorces and marries someone else commits adultery. It's as plain and simple as that."

Contextual Overview

1 He arose from there and came into the borders of Judea and beyond the Jordan. Multitudes came together to him again. As he usually did, he taught them again. 2 Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?" 3 He answered, "What did Moses command you?" 4 They said, "Moses allowed a bill of divorce to be written, and to divorce her." 5 But Jesus said to them, "For your hardness of heart, he wrote you this commandment. 6 But from the beginning of the creation, 'God made them male and female. 7 For this cause will a man leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife, 8 and the two will become one flesh,' so that they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9 What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate." 10 In the house, his disciples asked him again about the same matter.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Whosoever: Matthew 5:31, Matthew 5:32, Matthew 19:9, Luke 16:18, Romans 7:3, 1 Corinthians 7:4, 1 Corinthians 7:10, 1 Corinthians 7:11, Hebrews 13:4

Reciprocal: Exodus 20:14 - General Deuteronomy 24:2 - she may go

Cross-References

Genesis 10:1
Now this is the history of the generations of the sons of Noah and of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.
Genesis 10:10
The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Numbers 24:22
Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted, Until Asshur shall carry you away captive.
Numbers 24:24
But ships [shall come] from the coast of Kittim, They shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber; He also shall come to destruction.
2 Kings 19:36
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and lived at Nineveh.
Ezra 4:2
then they drew near to Zerubbabel, and to the heads of fathers' [houses], and said to them, Let us build with you; for we seek your God, as you do; and we sacrifice to him since the days of Esar-haddon king of Assyria, who brought us up here.
Psalms 83:8
Assyria also is joined with them. They have helped the children of Lot. Selah.
Isaiah 37:37
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and lived at Nineveh.
Ezekiel 27:23
Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traffickers of Sheba, Asshur [and] Chilmad, were your traffickers.
Ezekiel 32:22
Asshur is there and all her company; her graves are round about her; all of them slain, fallen by the sword;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he saith unto them,.... The same things as in Mt 5:32, 19:9; :-,

:-:

whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another; when there is no uncleanness in the case; when his former wile has not injured him by violating the marriage bed:

committeth adultery against her; to the injury of his lawful wife; or "upon her", or "with her", with the person he marries. The Syriac and Persic versions leave out the phrase, "against her".

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this question about divorce explained in the notes at Matthew 19:1-12.

Mark 10:12

And if a woman shall put away her husband - It would seem, from this, that a woman, among the Jews, had the power of separating herself from her husband, yet this right is not given her by the law of Moses. There is not, however, any positive evidence that females often claimed or exercised this right. Cases had occurred, indeed, in which it had been done. The wife of Herod had rejected her former husband and married Herod. And though instances of this kind “might” have been attempted to be defended by the example of Pagans, yet our Saviour was desirous of showing them that it did not free them from the charge of adultery. The apostles were going forth to teach Pagan nations, and it was proper for Christ to teach them how to act in such cases, and to show them that they were cases of real adultery.


 
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