In Matthew, Jesus said in his Sermon on the Mount that " anyone who divorces his wife, except on the grounds of unchastity, causes her to commit adultery.
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He describes the corruption of judges, the prevalence of usury and avarice, the unchastity which especially characterized the upper classes, and the general hypocrisy of so-called Christians.
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The church was only willing to remarry those who conformed to church canons ( from Jesus'sermon on the mount when He declares it wrong to divorce and remarry except on grounds of unchastity ).
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The text expounds that " all these subdivisions ( injury, falsehood, stealing, unchastity, and attachment ) are " hiC s " as indulgence in these sullies the pure nature of the soul.
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Arthur Basham notes that Buddhist and Jaina texts variously accuse Ajivikas of immorality, unchastity and worldiness, but they also acknowledge the confusion among Buddhists and Jainas when they observed the simple, ascetic lifestyle of Ajivikas.
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As Jewish law enjoins that one should prefer death to an act of idolatry, incest, unchastity, or murder, the inference is plain that the corresponding positive principles were held to be fundamental articles of Judaism.
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Nevertheless, despite this general philanthropic nature, breaches of the moral code are punished severely : death is the penalty not only for murder, but also for unchastity, and even for disrespectful behaviour by a son.
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In these he holds aloof for the most part from theological controversy, and treats in an admirable tone and spirit the themes of faith, simplicity, the fear of God, poverty, greed, abstinence and unchastity.
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In certain situations, the scripture accepts the testimony of a woman as equal to that of a man's and that her testimony can even invalidate his, such as when a man accuses his wife of unchastity.
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The Jerusalem Talmud and Midrash " Leviticus Rabbah " ( x . ) give the following interpretation : The coat symbolized atonement for murder or for the sin of wearing mixed garments, and the undergarment typified atonement for unchastity.
