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And having risen thence, he doth come to the coasts of Judea, through the other side of the Jordan, and again do multitudes come together unto him, and, as he had been accustomed, again he was teaching them.
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And the Pharisees, having come near, questioned him, if it is lawful for a husband to put away a wife, tempting him,
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and he answering said to them, `What did Moses command you?'
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and they said, `Moses suffered to write a bill of divorce, and to put away.'
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And Jesus answering said to them, `For the stiffness of your heart he wrote you this command,
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but from the beginning of the creation, a male and a female God did make them;
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on this account shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife,
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and they shall be -- the two -- for one flesh; so that they are no more two, but one flesh;
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what therefore God did join together, let not man put asunder.'
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And in the house again his disciples of the same thing questioned him,
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and he saith to them, `Whoever may put away his wife, and may marry another, doth commit adultery against her;