and if ever a woman, after divorcing her husband, marries another, she commits adultery.” (Mark 10:10-12;

13. Concerning divorce, how did Jesus show that under the Christian system, there would be one standard for both men and women?

¹³ Third, by the phrase “after divorcing her husband,” Jesus recognized the right of a woman to divorce an unfaithful husband​—a practice apparently known but not common under Jewish law in that day.c It was said that “a woman may be divorced with or without her will, but a man only with his will.” According to Jesus, however, under the Christian system, the same standard would apply to both men and women.