Mark 10:2-12

2 Some Pharisees came up to Jesus, testing Him, and began to question Him whether it was lawful for a man to divorce a wife.

3 And He answered and said to them, "What did Moses command you?"

4 They said, "¹Moses permitted a man TO WRITE A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE AND SEND her AWAY."

5 But Jesus said to them, "²Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.

6 "But ³from the beginning of creation, God ⁴MADE THEM MALE AND FEMALE.

7 "⁵FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER,

8 ⁶AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME * ONE FLESH; so they are no longer two, but one flesh.

9 "What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate."

10 In the house the disciples began questioning Him about this again.

11 And He said to them, "⁷Whoever * divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her;

12 and ⁸if she herself divorces her husband and marries another man, she is committing adultery."

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