Matthew 5:31
World English Bible (WEB)
“It was also said, ‘Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,’
In context
29 If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.
30 If your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.
31 “It was also said, ‘Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,’
32 but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.
33 “Again you have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, ‘You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,’
Matthew 5:31 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- “It was also said, ‘Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,’
- KJV King James Version
- It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- It has also been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’
- ASV American Standard Version
- It was said also, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- 'And it was said, That whoever may put away his wife, let him give to her a writing of divorce;
- DBY Darby Translation
- It has been said too, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a letter of divorce.
- WBS Webster Bible
- It hath been said, Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: