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Matthew 19:5-11 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

5. and He also said:“For this reason a man will leavehis father and motherand be joined to his wife,and the two will become one flesh?

6. So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, man must not separate.”

7. “Why then,” they asked Him, “did Moses command us to give divorce papers and to send her away? ”

8. He told them, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of the hardness of your hearts. But it was not like that from the beginning.

9. And I tell you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.”

10. His disciples said to Him, “If the relationship of a man with his wife is like this, it’s better not to marry! ”

11. But He told them, “Not everyone can accept this saying, but only those it has been given to.

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