Mat 5:31-32, 19:9-10 | ESV | STEP | It was also said , Whoever divorces his wife , let him give her a certificate of divorce .

a[See ver. 27 above]

b ch. 19:7; Jer. 3:1; Cited from Deut. 24:1

c ch. 19:9; Mark 10:11, 12; Luke 16:18; [1 Cor. 7:10, 11]

Matthew 5:31-32

Divorce

31 ^a“It was also said, ^b‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’ 32 ^cBut I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and ^dwhoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

Matthew 19:9-10

9 ^eAnd I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.” ^{▼▼Some manuscripts add and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery; other manuscripts except for sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery}

10 The disciples said to him, “If such is the case of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry.”