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Mark 10:1-12
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Divorce and remarriage
1
Jesus left that place and went beyond the Jordan and into the region of Judea. Crowds gathered around him again and, as usual, he taught them.
2
Some Pharisees came and, trying to test him, they asked, "Does the Law allow a man to divorce his wife?"
3
Jesus answered, "
What did Moses command you?
"
4
They said, "Moses allowed a man to write a divorce certificate and to divorce his wife."
5
Jesus said to them, "
He wrote this commandment for you because of your unyielding hearts.
6
At the beginning of creation,
God made them male and female
.
7
Because of this, a man should leave his father and mother and be joined together with his wife,
8
and the two will be one flesh.
So they are no longer two but one flesh.
9
Therefore, humans must not pull apart what God has put together.
"
10
Inside the house, the disciples asked him again about this.
11
He said to them, "
Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her;
12
and if a wife divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.
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[a].
Gen 1:27
[b].
Gen 2:24
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