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Some Pharisees came to Jesus, testing Him and asking, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason at all?" (Matthew 19:3) And He answered and said, "Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning MADE THEM MALE AND FEMALE, (Matthew 19:4) and said, `FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH'? (Matthew 19:5) "So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate." (Matthew 19:6) They said to Him, "Why then did Moses command to GIVE HER A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE AND SEND her AWAY?" (Matthew 19:7) He said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart Moses permitted you to divorce your wives; but from the beginning it has not been this way. (Matthew 19:8) "And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery." (Matthew 19:9) | |
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