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And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these words, he withdrew from Galilee, and came to the coasts of Judaea beyond the Jordan;
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and great crowds followed him, and he healed them there.
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And the Pharisees came to him tempting him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
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But he answering said [to them], Have ye not read that he who made [them], from the beginning made them male and female,
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and said, On account of this a man shall leave father and mother, and shall be united to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh?
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so that they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.
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They say to him, Why then did Moses command to give a letter of divorce and to send [her] away?
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He says to them, Moses, in view of your hardheartedness, allowed you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was not thus.
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But I say unto you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, not for fornication, and shall marry another, commits adultery; and he who marries one put away commits adultery.
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His disciples say to him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.
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And he said to them, All cannot receive this word, but those to whom it has been given;