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1 When Jesus finished speaking, he left Galilee and traveled along the other side of the Jordan River to the territory of Judea. 2 Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there. 3 Some Pharisees came to test him. They asked, |Can a man divorce his wife for any reason?| 4 Jesus answered, |Haven't you read that the Creator made them male and female in the beginning 5 and that he said, 'That's why a man will leave his father and mother and will remain united with his wife, and the two will be one'? 6 So they are no longer two but one. Therefore, don't let anyone separate what God has joined together.| 7 The Pharisees asked him, |Why, then, did Moses order a man to give his wife a written notice to divorce her?| 8 Jesus answered them, |Moses allowed you to divorce your wives because you're heartless. It was never this way in the beginning. 9 I can guarantee that whoever divorces his wife for any reason other than her unfaithfulness is committing adultery if he marries another woman.| Matthew 19:1-9, God's Word Translation. Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations.
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