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Then Yeshua left that place and went into the regions of Y'hudah and the territory beyond the Yarden. Again crowds gathered around him; and again, as usual, he taught them.
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Some P'rushim came up and tried to trap him by asking him, "Does the Torah permit a man to divorce his wife?"
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He replied, "What did Moshe command you?"
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They said, "Moshe allowed a man to hand his wife a get and divorce her."
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But Yeshua said to them, "He wrote this commandment for you because of your hardheartedness.
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However, at the beginning of creation, God made them male and female.
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For this reason, a man should leave his father and mother and be united with his wife,
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and the two are to become one flesh. Thus they are no longer two, but one.
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So then, no one should break apart what God has joined together."
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When they were indoors once more, the talmidim asked him about this.