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And he got up, and went into the country of Judaea on the other side of Jordan: and great numbers of people came together to him again; and, as was his way, he gave them teaching.
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And Pharisees came to him, testing him with the question, Is it right for a man to put away his wife?
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And he said to them in answer, What did Moses say you were to do?
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And they said to him, Moses let us give her a statement in writing, and be free from her.
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But Jesus said to them, Because of your hard hearts he gave you this law.
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But from the first, male and female made he them.
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For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife;
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And the two will become one flesh; so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.
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Let not that which has been joined together by God be parted by man.
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And in the house the disciples put questions to him again about this thing.
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And he said to them, Whoever puts away his wife and takes another, is false to his wife;
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And if she herself puts away her husband and takes another, she is false to her husband.