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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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Jesus then left that place and went into the region of Judea and across the Jordan. Again crowds of people came to him, and as was his custom, he 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 tested him by asking, “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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“What did Moses command you?” he replied.
4 They said, "Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce, and to dismiss her."
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They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.”
5 And Jesus answered and said to them, "Because of the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
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“It was because your hearts were hard that Moses wrote you this law,” Jesus replied.
6 But from the beginning of the creation, God 'made them male and female.'
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“But at 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 will leave his father and mother and be united 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 will 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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When they were in the house again, the disciples asked Jesus about this.
11 So He said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.
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He answered, “Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman 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 man, she commits adultery.”
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