“Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Luke 16:18 in context
Luke 16:15–21
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He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
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“The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the Good News of God’s Kingdom is preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.
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But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tiny stroke of a pen in the law to fall.
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“Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.
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“Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.
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A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was taken to his gate, full of sores,
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and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores.
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