18Every one who puts away his wife and marries another commits adultery; and every one that marries one put away from a husband commits adultery.


In Context

15 And he said to them, Ye are they who justify themselves before men, but God knows your hearts; for what amongst men is highly thought of is an abomination before God.

16 The law and the prophets were until John: from that time the glad tidings of the kingdom of God are announced, and every one forces his way into it.

17 But it is easier that the heaven and the earth should pass away than that one tittle of the law should fail.

18 Every one who puts away his wife and marries another commits adultery; and every one that marries one put away from a husband commits adultery.

19 Now there was a rich man and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, making good cheer in splendour every day.

20 And there was a poor man, by name Lazarus, who was laid at his gateway full of sores,

Luke 16:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:18Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from [her] husband committeth adultery.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:18"Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:18Every one that putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth her that is put away from her husband, commmitteth adultery.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:18Every one that putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth one that is put away from a husband committeth adultery.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:18Every one that putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth one that is put away from a husband committeth adultery.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:18Whoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery; and whoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband, committeth adultery.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:18Everyone who divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:18'Every one who is sending away his wife, and marrying another, doth commit adultery; and every one who is marrying her sent away from a husband doth commit adultery.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:18Whoever puts away his wife, and marries another, commits adultery: and whoever marries her that is put away from her husband commits adultery.