Matthew 5:31-33
New English Translation
Divorce
31 “It was said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a legal document.’[a] 32 But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for immorality,[b] makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
Oaths
33 “Again, you have heard that it was said to an older generation,[c] ‘Do not break an oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.’[d]
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- Matthew 5:31 tn Or “a written notice of divorce.”sn A quotation from Deut 24:1.
- Matthew 5:32 sn The phrase except for immorality (often referred to as the “exception clause”) has been the subject of much debate. One of the best and most comprehensive recent studies which pays particular attention to historical background material, especially Jewish material, is that of D. Instone-Brewer, Divorce and Remarriage in the Bible: The Social and Literary Context (Eerdmans, 2002).
- Matthew 5:33 tn Grk “the ancient ones.”
- Matthew 5:33 sn A quotation from Lev 19:12.
Matthew 5:31-33
New American Standard Bible
31 “Now it was said, ‘(A)Whoever sends his wife away is to give her a certificate of divorce’; 32 (B)but I say to you that everyone who [a]divorces his wife, except for the reason of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery; and whoever marries a [b]divorced woman commits adultery.
33 “Again, (C)you have heard that [c]the ancients were told, ‘[d](D)You shall not [e]make false vows, but shall fulfill your [f]vows to the Lord.’
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- Matthew 5:32 Lit sends away, the Heb term for divorce
- Matthew 5:32 Lit woman sent away
- Matthew 5:33 Lit it was said to the ancients
- Matthew 5:33 you and your are singular here
- Matthew 5:33 Or break your vows
- Matthew 5:33 Lit oaths
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