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And he left there and came into the borders of Judaea and behind the Jordan; and the multitude joined him again, and he taught them again as was his custom.
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And the Pharisees came to him and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.
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And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?
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And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorce and to put her away.
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And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this commandment.
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But at the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
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For this cause shall a man leave his father and his mother and shall join to his wife;
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and they that were two shall be made one flesh, so then they are no longer two, but one flesh.
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Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.