Mark 10:1-12
Teachings about Divorce

1 And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judaea by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again.

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2 And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away [his] wife? tempting him.

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3 And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?

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4 And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put [her] away.

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5 And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.

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6 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.

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7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;

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8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.

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9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

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10 And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same [matter].

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11 And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.

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12 And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.

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