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EveryoneΠᾶςwhoὁdivorcesἀπολύωνhis wifeτὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦandκαὶmarriesγαμῶνanotherἑτέρανcommits adultery,μοιχεύειandκαὶthe one whoὁmarriesγαμῶνa woman divorcedἀπολελυμένηνfromἀπὸherhusbandἀνδρὸςcommits adultery.μοιχεύει
Luke 16:18
Study it in the app“Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and the one who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.”
With the Greek beneath
Luke 16:18, word by word
- divorcesἀπολύωνapolyōn
divorce
To end a marriage by sending the wife away.
Where else “apolyōn” appears- his wifeγυναῖκαgynaika
wife
A married woman, joined to her husband.
Where else “gynaika” appears- marriesγαμῶνgamōn
marry
Marry.
Where else “gamōn” appears- anotherἑτέρανheteran
other, another
Other, another, different.
Where else “heteran” appears- commits adulteryμοιχεύειmoicheuei
commit adultery
Commit adultery.
Where else “moicheuei” appears- husbandἀνδρὸςandros
husband
The married man, his wife's partner.
Where else “andros” appears
Parallel passages
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Divorce and remarriage
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Luke 16:18
18Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and the one who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.
31And it was said, ‘Whoever sends away his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’ 32But I tell you that everyone who sends away his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who has been sent away commits adultery.
The context
17But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of the law to fall.
18 · This verse (above)
19Now there was a certain rich man, and he used to dress in purple and fine linen, celebrating splendidly every day.
To study Luke 16 in a group
1. What it says
In the story of the rich man and Lazarus, how did each of them live, and how does Abraham answer the rich man when he asks for help? (vv. 19-31)
2. What it means
Jesus says no one can serve two masters, God and wealth (v. 13). What does he show through the story of the manager? (vv. 1-12)
3. How I live it
The rich man did not notice the poor man at his gate (vv. 19-21). Who is near you that you may not be truly seeing?