Matthew:19:3-9
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The Pharisees also came unto him ,
tempting 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 which 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 they twain shall be one flesh ?
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Wherefore they are no more twain ,
but one flesh .
What therefore God hath joined together ,
let not man put asunder .
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They say unto him ,
Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement ,
and to put her away ?
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He saith 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 which is put away doth commit adultery .