Matthew 19
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Matthew 19:2-9

2Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.

3Some Pharisees came to test him. They asked, “Can a man divorce his wife for any reason?”

4Jesus answered, “Haven’t you read that the Creator made them male and female in the beginning

5and 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’?

6So they are no longer two but one. Therefore, don’t let anyone separate what God has joined together.”

7The Pharisees asked him, “Why, then, did Moses order a man to give his wife a written notice to divorce her?”

8Jesus answered them, “Moses allowed you to divorce your wives because you’re heartless. It was never this way in the beginning.

9I can guarantee that whoever divorces his wife for any reason other than her unfaithfulness is committing adultery if he marries another woman.”

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