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Then Jesus left that place and went into the area of Judea and across the Jordan River. Again, crowds came to him, and he taught them as he usually did.
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Some Pharisees came to Jesus and tried to trick him. They asked, "Is it right for a man to divorce his wife?"
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Jesus answered, "What did Moses command you to do?"
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They said, "Moses allowed a man to write out divorce papers and send her away."
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Jesus said, "Moses wrote that command for you because you were stubborn.
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But when God made the world, 'he made them male and female.'
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'So a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife,
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and the two will become one body.' So there are not two, but one.
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God has joined the two together, so no one should separate them."
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Later, in the house, his followers asked Jesus again about the question of divorce.