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New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha NRSA
1 Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these sayings, that He departed from Galilee and came to the region of Judea beyond the Jordan.
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When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left Galilee and went to the region of Judea beyond the Jordan.
2 And great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them there.
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Large crowds followed him, and he cured them there.
3 The Pharisees also came to Him, testing Him, and saying to Him, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for just any reason?"
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Some Pharisees came to him, and to test him they asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause?"
4 And He answered and said to them, "Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning 'made them male and female,'
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He answered, "Have you not read that the one who made them at the beginning "made them male and female,'
5 and said, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'?
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and said, "For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'?
6 So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate."
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So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate."
7 They said to Him, "Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away?"
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They said to him, "Why then did Moses command us to give a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her?"
8 He said to them, "Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.
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He said to them, "It was because you were so hard-hearted that Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.
9 And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery."
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And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for unchastity, and marries another commits adultery."
Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.