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1 He left that place and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan. And crowds again gathered around him; and, as was his custom, he again taught 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 to test him they asked, "Is it lawful for a man 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 He answered them, "What did Moses command you?"
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“What did Moses command you?” he replied.
4 They said, "Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her."
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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, "Because of your hardness of heart he wrote this commandment for you.
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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 "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 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 no one separate."
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Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
10 Then 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 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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