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And it came to pass, [that] when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan

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And great multitudes followed him and he healed them there.

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The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

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And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made [them] at the beginning made them male and female,

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And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

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

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

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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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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.

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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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But he said unto them, All [men] cannot receive this saying, save [they] to whom it is given.

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For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from [their] mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive [it], let him receive [it].