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1 And from there he set out [and] came to the region of Judea and the other side of the Jordan, and again crowds came together to him. And again, as he was accustomed [to do], he began to teach them.
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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 And they asked him if it was permitted for a man to divorce [his] wife, [in order to] test 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 So they said, "Moses permitted [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 But Jesus said to them, "He wrote this commandment for you because of your hardness of heart.
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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 'he made them male and female.
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“But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’
7 Because of this a man will leave his father and mother and will 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 will become one flesh,' so that 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, man must not separate."
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Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
10 And in the house again the disciples began to ask him about this.
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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.”
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