But if a second union after divorce with the explicit permission for remarriage that divorce entailed was to be counted as adultery according to Jesus, how much more second or subsequent unions without divorce.6 However, it is also important to notice what is not said. Divorce on its own is not equated with adultery, only divorce followed by remarriage. The same is true of the second half of the statement in both gospels: • “And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery” (Mark