Deuteronomy 24:1-4
Good News Translation
Divorce and Remarriage
24 (A)“Suppose a man marries a woman and later decides that he doesn't want her, because he finds something about her that he doesn't like.[a] So he writes out divorce papers, gives them to her, and sends her away from his home. 2 Then suppose she marries another man, 3 and he also decides that he doesn't want her, so he also writes out divorce papers, gives them to her, and sends her away from his home. Or suppose her second husband dies. 4 In either case, her first husband is not to marry her again; he is to consider her defiled. If he married her again, it would be offensive to the Lord. You are not to commit such a terrible sin in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
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- Deuteronomy 24:1 something … like; or that she is guilty of some shameful conduct.
Deuteronomy 24:1-4
New International Version
24 If a man marries a woman who becomes displeasing to him(A) because he finds something indecent about her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce,(B) gives it to her and sends her from his house, 2 and if after she leaves his house she becomes the wife of another man, 3 and her second husband dislikes her and writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her and sends her from his house, or if he dies, 4 then her first husband, who divorced her, is not allowed to marry her again after she has been defiled. That would be detestable in the eyes of the Lord. Do not bring sin upon the land the Lord(C) your God is giving you as an inheritance.
Matthew 5:31
Good News Translation
Teaching about Divorce(A)
31 (B)“It was also said, ‘Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a written notice of divorce.’
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Matthew 5:31
New International Version
Divorce
31 “It has been said, ‘Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’[a](A)
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- Matthew 5:31 Deut. 24:1
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