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1 And rising up from thence, he cometh into the coast of Judea beyond the Jordan: and the multitude flocked to him again. And as he was accustomed, he taught them again.
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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 the Pharisees coming to him asked him, tempting him: Is it lawful for a man to put away 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 But he answering, saith to them: What did Moses command you?
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“What did Moses command you?” he replied.
4 Who said: Moses permitted to write a bill of divorce and to put her away.
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They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.”
5 To whom Jesus answering, said: Because of the hardness of your heart, he wrote you that precept.
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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 the 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 cause, a man shall leave his father and mother and shall cleave 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 they two shall be in one flesh. Therefore now they are not 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 hath joined together, let no man put asunder.
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Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
10 And in the house again his disciples asked him concerning the same thing.
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When they were in the house again, the disciples asked Jesus about this.
11 And he saith to them: Whosoever shall put away his wife and marry another committeth 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 the wife shall put away her husband and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
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And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.”
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