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Jesus answered them, "What command did Moses give you?"
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They said, "Moses allowed a man to give his wife a written notice to divorce her."
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Jesus said to them, "He wrote this command for you because you're heartless.
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But God made them male and female in the beginning, at creation.
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That's why a man will leave his father and mother and will remain united with his wife,
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and the two will be one. So they are no longer two but one.
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Therefore, don't let anyone separate what God has joined together."
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When they were in a house, the disciples asked him about this.
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He answered them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman is committing adultery.
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If a wife divorces her husband and marries another man, she is committing adultery."
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Some people brought little children to Jesus to have him hold them. But the disciples told the people not to do that.