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And he arose from thence, and cometh into the borders of Judea, by the further side of Jordan: and the people resort to him again; and, as he was accustomed, he taught them again.
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And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away [his] wife? tempting him.
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And he answered and said to 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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And Jesus answered and said to them, For the hardness of your heart, he wrote you this precept.
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But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female.
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For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
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And they two shall be one flesh: so then they are no more two, but one flesh.
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What therefore God hath joined together, let not man separate.
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And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same [matter].
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And he saith to them, Whoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
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And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.