Mark 10:11

Mark 10:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
• New International Version (NIV)He answered, “Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her,
• New King James Version (NKJV)So He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.

Context of Mark 10:11

9What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate. 10And again in the house the disciples asked him concerning this. And he says to them, Whosoever shall put away his wife and shall marry another, commits adultery against her. 12And if a woman put away her husband and shall marry another, she commits adultery. 13And they brought little children to him that he might touch them. But the disciples rebuked those that brought [them].

Mark 10:11 word by word

καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· ὃς ἂν ἀπολύσῃ τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ καὶ γαμήσῃ ἄλλην, μοιχᾶται ἐπ᾽ αὐτήν.Read the interlinear

• saysλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• awayἀπολύωapoluō · to release: releaseG630
• wifeγυνήgunē · woman: wifeG1135
• marryγαμέωgameō · to marryG1060
• commitsμοιχάωmoichaō · to commit adulteryG3429

Cross-references for Mark 10:11

• Matthew 5:31It has been said too, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a letter of divorce.
• Matthew 19:9But I say unto you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, not for fornication, and shall marry another, commits adultery; and he who marries one put away commits adultery.
• Luke 16:18Every one who puts away his wife and marries another commits adultery; and every one that marries one put away from a husband commits adultery.
• Romans 7:3so then, the husband being alive, she shall be called an adulteress if she be to another man; but if the husband should die, she is free from the law, so as not to be an adulteress, though she be to another man.
• 1 Corinthians 7:4The wife has not authority over her own body, but the husband: in like manner also the husband has not authority over his own body, but the wife.
• Hebrews 13:4[Let] marriage [be held] every way in honour, and the bed [be] undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers will God judge.

Commentaries on Mark 10:11

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-12Verses 1-12 See this question about divorce explained in the notes at Matthew 19:1-12. Mark 10:12 And if a woman shall put away her husband - It would seem, from this, that a woman, among the Jews, had the power of separating herself from her husband, yet this right is not given her by the law of Moses. There is not, however, any positive evidence that females often claimed or exercised this right. Cases had occurred, indeed, in which it had been done…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-12Whoever divorces … and marries another … commits adultery: The parallel in Luke 16:18 agrees with Mark and mentions no exceptions to this prohibition of divorce. But Matthew's passage allows an exception when one spouse commits adultery (Matthew 19:9; see also 5:32). The apostle Paul also allows an exception if an unbelieving spouse leaves the marriage (1 Corinthians 7:15). Mark’s account focuses on the main teachings about marriage and divorce: God hates…Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 10:11

• Adultery
• Commandments
• Jesus, the Christ
• Marriage

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Commentaries on Mark 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings