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And rising up from thence, he cometh into the coast of Judea beyond the Jordan: and the multitude flocked to him again. And as he was accustomed, he taught them again.
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And the Pharisees coming to him asked him, tempting him: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife?
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But he answering, saith to them: What did Moses command you?
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Who said: Moses permitted to write a bill of divorce and to put her away.
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To whom Jesus answering, said: Because of the hardness of your heart, he wrote you that precept.
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But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female.
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For this cause, a man shall leave his father and mother and shall cleave to his wife.
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And they two shall be in one flesh. Therefore now they are not two, but one flesh.
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What therefore God hath joined together, let no man put asunder.
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And in the house again his disciples asked him concerning the same thing.
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And he saith to them: Whosoever shall put away his wife and marry another committeth adultery against her.
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And if the wife shall put away her husband and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
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And they brought to him young children, that he might touch them. And the disciples rebuked them that brought them.
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Whom when Jesus saw, he was much displeased and saith to them: Suffer the little children to come unto me and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
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Amen I say to you, whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall not enter into it.
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And embracing them and laying his hands upon them, he blessed them.
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And when he was gone forth into the way, a certain man, running up and kneeling before him, asked him: Good Master, what shall I do that I may receive life everlasting?