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1 Then Jesus left Capernaum and went down to the region of Judea and into the area east of the Jordan River. Once again crowds gathered around him, and as usual he was teaching 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 Some Pharisees came and tried to trap him with this question: “Should a man be allowed to divorce his wife?”
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Some Pharisees came and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”
3 Jesus answered them with a question: “What did Moses say in the law about divorce?”
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“What did Moses command you?” he replied.
4 “Well, he permitted it,” they replied. “He said a man can give his wife a written notice of divorce and 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 responded, “He wrote this commandment only as a concession to your hard hearts.
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“It was because your hearts were hard that Moses wrote you this law,” Jesus replied.
6 But ‘God made them male and female’ from the beginning of creation.
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“But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’
7 ‘This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is 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 are united into one.’ Since they are no longer two but one,
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and the two will become one flesh.’So they are no longer two, but one flesh.
9 let no one split apart what God has joined together.”
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Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
10 Later, when he was alone with his disciples in the house, they brought up the subject again.
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When they were in the house again, the disciples asked Jesus about this.
11 He told them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries someone else 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 someone else, she commits adultery.”
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And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.”
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