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7 They said to him, "Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away?"
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7 "Why then," they asked, "did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?"
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8 He said to them, "For your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.
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8 Jesus replied, "Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning.
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