Matthew 19:1-9
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191,aNow it happened that when Jesus had finished these words, He departed from Galilee and bcame into the region of Judea beyond the Jordan; 2and 1large crowds followed Him, and aHe healed them there.
3And some Pharisees came to 1Jesus, testing Him and saying, “aIs it lawful for a man to 2divorce his wife for any reason at all?” 4And He answered and said, “Have you not read athat He who created them from the beginning made them male and female, 5and said, ‘aFor this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and bthe two shall become one flesh’? 6“So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.” 7They *said to Him, “aWhy then did Moses command to give her a certificate of divorce and send her away?” 8He *said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart Moses permitted you to 1divorce your wives; but from the beginning it has not been this way. 9“And I say to you, awhoever 1divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman 2commits adultery3.”