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Then Jesus left that place, went to the province of Judea, and crossed the Jordan River. Crowds came flocking to him again, and he taught them, as he always did.
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Some Pharisees came to him and tried to trap him. "Tell us," they asked, "does our Law allow a man to divorce his wife?"
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Jesus answered with a question, "What law did Moses give you?"
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Their answer was, "Moses gave permission for a man to write a divorce notice and send his wife away."
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Jesus said to them, "Moses wrote this law for you because you are so hard to teach.
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But in the beginning, at the time of creation, "God made them male and female,' as the scripture says.
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"And for this reason a man will leave his father and mother and unite with his wife,
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and the two will become one.' So they are no longer two, but one.