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Matthew 19:4-9 Common English Bible (CEB)

4. Jesus answered, "Haven’t you read that at the beginning the creator made them male and female?

5. And God said, ‘Because of this a man should leave his father and mother and be joined together with his wife, and the two will be one flesh.’

6. So they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore, humans must not pull apart what God has put together."

7. The Pharisees said to him, "Then why did Moses command us to give a divorce certificate and divorce her?"

8. Jesus replied, "Moses allowed you to divorce your wives because your hearts are unyielding. But it wasn’t that way from the beginning.

9. I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual unfaithfulness, and marries another woman commits adultery."

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