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1 Getting up, He went from there to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan; crowds gathered around Him again, and, according to His custom, He once more began to teach 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 Pharisees came up to Jesus, testing Him, and began to question Him whether it was lawful for a man to divorce a wife.
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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 They said, "Moses permitted a man TO WRITE A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE AND SEND her AWAY."
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They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.”
5 But Jesus said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.
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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 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 SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER,
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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 SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH; so they are no longer 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 has joined together, let no man separate."
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Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
10 In the house the disciples began questioning Him about this again.
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When they were in the house again, the disciples asked Jesus about this.
11 And He said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits 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 she herself divorces her husband and marries another man, she is committing adultery."
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And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.”
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