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And it came to pass that when Jesus had finished these sayings, He departed from Galilee and came into the region of Judea beyond the Jordan.
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And great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them there.
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The Pharisees also came unto Him, testing Him and saying unto Him, "Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?"
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And He answered and said unto them, "Have ye not read, that He that made them at the beginning made them male and female,
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and said, `For this cause shall a man leave father and mother and shall cleave to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh'?
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Therefore they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder."
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They said unto Him, "Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement and to put her away?"
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He said unto them, "Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, suffered you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.