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1 Then Yeshua left that place and went into the regions of Y'hudah and the territory beyond the Yarden. Again crowds gathered around him; and again, as usual, he taught them.
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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 Some P'rushim came up and tried to trap him by asking him, "Does the Torah permit a man to divorce his wife?"
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Some Pharisees came and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”
3 He replied, "What did Moshe command you?"
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“What did Moses command you?” he replied.
4 They said, "Moshe allowed a man to hand his wife a get and divorce her."
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They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.”
5 But Yeshua said to them, "He wrote this commandment for you because of your hardheartedness.
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“It was because your hearts were hard that Moses wrote you this law,” Jesus replied.
6 However, at the beginning of 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 reason, a man should leave his father and mother and be united with 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 the two are to become one flesh. Thus they are no longer two, but one.
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and the two will become one flesh.’So they are no longer two, but one flesh.
9 So then, no one should break apart what God has joined together."
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Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
10 When they were indoors once more, the talmidim asked him about this.
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When they were in the house again, the disciples asked Jesus about this.
11 He said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against his wife;
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He answered, “Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.
12 and if a wife divorces her husband and marries another man, she too commits adultery."
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And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.”
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