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Matthew 5:32

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But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

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  1. Matthew 5:30

    And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

  2. Matthew 5:31

    It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:

  3. Matthew 5:33

    Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:

  4. Matthew 5:34

    But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God’s throne:

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