Luke 16:19

"“Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery."

Key Reflection

This passage highlights the permanence and sacred nature of marriage, teaching that both the act of divorce for non-adultery reasons and subsequent remarriage violate God’s design for marital fidelity. It underscores the gravity of treating one's spouse with disrespect by ending a marriage lightly, thus committing spiritual adultery.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 19. There was a certain rich man. Many have supposed that our Lord here refers to a real history, and gives an account of some man who had lived in this manner; but of this there is no evidence. The probability is that this narrative is to be considered as a parable, referring not to any particular case which had actually happened, but teaching that such cases might happen. The design of the narrative is to be collected from the previous conversation.

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