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4 They said, "Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and to send her away."
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They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.”
5 And Jesus said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.
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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 creation, 'God made them male and female.'
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“But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’
7 'Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast 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 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 What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate."
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Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
10 And in the house the disciples asked him again about this matter.
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When they were in the house again, the disciples asked Jesus about this.
11 And 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 she 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.”
13 And they were bringing children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples rebuked them.
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People were bringing little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them, but the disciples rebuked them.
14 But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, "Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.
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When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
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