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Matthew 19:8

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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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  1. Matthew 19:6

    Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

  2. Matthew 19:7

    They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?

  3. Matthew 19:9

    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.

  4. Matthew 19:10

    His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.

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