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And it came to pass when Jesus had ended these words, he departed from Galilee and came into the coasts of Judea, beyond Jordan.
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And great multitudes followed him: and he healed them there.
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And there came to him the Pharisees tempting him, saying: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
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Who answering, said to them: Have ye not read, that he who made man from the beginning, made them male and female? And he said:
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For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be in one flesh.
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Therefore now they are not two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let no man put asunder.
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They say to him: Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorce, and to put away?
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He saith to them: Because Moses by reason of the hardness of your heart permitted you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
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And I say to you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and he that shall marry her that is put away, committeth adultery.
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His disciples say unto him: If the case of a man with his wife be so, it is not expedient to marry.
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Who said to them: All men take not this word, but they to whom it is given.