text: I agree that Jesus seeks a repentant heart but once the remarriage has already happened and her old husband will not take her back, all she has to do is apologize for the initial adultery to be forgiven and then she is free.  Jesus says there is only one valid reason for divorce & that is adultery.  Once adultery has been done, it can not be undone.  Once the person remarries it also can't be undone.  I don't see in this piece of scripture or any other piece of scripture that Jesus would not forgive her & allow her to return saved to her current relationship.  So what is not clear in the Gospels is what happens after that forgiveness - what is allowed from this point on.  He does not in fact tell this woman to go and sin no more.  Possibly because he realizes her divorce is not curable.  Like a kleptomaniac can't stop stealing, perhaps Jesus realizes she does not have the strength to stop sinning but tells us thru this parable that even chronic sinners can still be forgiven and saved.