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Luke 16:18
Luke 16:18 is verse 18 of Luke chapter 16, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
King James Version
Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
World English Bible
“Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.
Read in context
Luke 16:16–20 · Berean Standard Bible
16 The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the gospel of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.
17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for a single stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.
18 Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
19 Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
20 And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Matthew 5:32But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, brings adultery upon her. And he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
Matthew 19:9Now I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman, commits adultery.”
Mark 10:11So He told them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.
Mark 10:12And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another man, she 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.
1 Corinthians 7:10To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.
1 Corinthians 7:11But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.
1 Corinthians 7:12To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If a brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.