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And it came to pass that when Jesus had finished these sayings, He departed from Galilee and came into the region of Judea beyond the Jordan.
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And great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them there.
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The Pharisees also came unto Him, testing Him and saying unto Him, "Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?"
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And He answered and said unto them, "Have ye not read, that He that 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 cleave to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh'?
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Therefore they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder."
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They said unto Him, "Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement 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, committeth adultery; and whoso marrieth her who is put away doth commit adultery."
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His disciples said unto Him, "If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry."
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But He said unto them, "All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given.
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For there are some eunuchs who were so born from their mother's womb, and there are some eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it."
