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And he arose from thence and cometh into the borders of Judaea and beyond the Jordan: and multitudes come together unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again.
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And there came unto him Pharisees, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away [his] wife? trying him.
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And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?
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And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
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But Jesus said unto them, For your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.
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But from the beginning of the creation, Male and female made he them.
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For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife;
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and the two shall become one flesh: so that they are no more two, but one flesh.
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What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
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And in the house the disciples asked him again of this matter.