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1 Then He arose from there and came to the region of Judea by the other side of the Jordan. And multitudes gathered to Him again, and as He was accustomed, He taught them again.
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He left that place and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan. And crowds again gathered around him; and, as was his custom, he again taught them.
2 The Pharisees came and asked Him, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?" testing Him.
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Some Pharisees came, and to test him they asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"
3 And He answered and said to them, "What did Moses command you?"
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He answered them, "What did Moses command you?"
4 They said, "Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce, and to dismiss her."
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They said, "Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her."
5 And Jesus answered and said to them, "Because of the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
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But Jesus said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart he wrote this commandment for you.
6 But from the beginning of the creation, God 'made them male and female.'
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But from the beginning of creation, "God made them male and female.'
7 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife,
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"For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife,
8 and the two shall become one flesh'; so then they are no longer two, but one flesh.
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and the two shall become one flesh.' So they are no longer two, but one flesh.
9 Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate."
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Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate."
10 In the house His disciples also asked Him again about the same matter.
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Then in the house the disciples asked him again about this matter.
11 So He said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.
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He said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her;
12 And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery."
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and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery."
Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.