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And it came to pass
that when Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee and came into the borders of Judaea beyond the Jordan;
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and a great multitude followed him, and he healed them there.
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Then the Pharisees came unto him, tempting him and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for any cause?
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And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he who made
them at the beginning made them male and female?
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And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother and shall be joined to his wife, and they shall be two in one flesh.
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Therefore they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.
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They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a bill of divorce and to put her away?
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He said unto them, Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, suffered you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.
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And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except
it be for fornication and shall marry another, commits adultery, and whosoever marries her that is put away commits adultery.