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And it came about that after saying these words, Jesus went away from Galilee, and came into the parts of Judaea on the other side of Jordan.
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And a great number went after him; and he made them well there.
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And certain Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, Is it right for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
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And he said in answer, Have you not seen in the Writings, that he who made them at the first made them male and female, and said,
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For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife; and the two will become one flesh?
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So that they are no longer two, but one flesh. Then let not that which has been joined by God be parted by man.
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They say to him, Why then did Moses give orders that a husband might give her a statement in writing and be free from her?
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He says to them, Moses, because of your hard hearts, let you put away your wives: but it has not been so from the first.