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Matthew 19:7-9
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Matthew 19:7-9
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“Why then,” they asked, “did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?”
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“Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning.
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I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.”
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and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?
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So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
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“Why then,” they asked, “did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?”
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Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning.
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I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.”
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The disciples said to him, “If this is the situation between a husband and wife, it is better not to marry.”
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Jesus replied, “Not everyone can accept this word, but only those to whom it has been given.
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Deuteronomy 24:1-4
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Matthew 5:31
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Matthew 5:32
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Luke 16:18
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