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1 And he arose from thence, and cometh into the borders of Judea, by the further side of Jordan: and the people resort to him again; and, as he was accustomed, he taught them again.
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Jesus then left that place and went into the region of Judea and across the Jordan. Again crowds of people came to him, and as was his custom, he taught them.
2 And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away [his] wife? tempting him.
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Some Pharisees came and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”
3 And he answered and said to them, What did Moses command you?
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“What did Moses command you?” he replied.
4 And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put [her] away.
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They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.”
5 And Jesus answered and said to them, For the hardness of your heart, he wrote you this precept.
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“It was because your hearts were hard that Moses wrote you this law,” Jesus replied.
6 But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female.
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“But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’
7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
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‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,
8 And they two shall be one flesh: so then they are no more two, but one flesh.
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and the two will become one flesh.’So they are no longer two, but one flesh.
9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man separate.
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Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
10 And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same [matter].
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When they were in the house again, the disciples asked Jesus about this.
11 And he saith to them, Whoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
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He answered, “Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.
12 And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
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And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.”
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