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It happened when Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan.
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Great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there.
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Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?"
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He answered, "Haven`t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,
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and said, `For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife; and the two will become one flesh?`
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So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don`t let man tear apart."
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They asked him, "Why then did Moses command us to give her a bill of divorce, and divorce her?"
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He said to them, "Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.
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I tell you that whoever will put away his wife, except for sexual immorality, and will marry another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is put away commits adultery."
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His disciples said to him, "If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry."
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But he said to them, "Not all men can receive this saying, but they to whom it is given.
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For there are eunuchs, who were born that way from their mother`s womb, and there are eunuchs, who were made eunuchs by men: and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven`s sake. He who is able to receive it, let him receive it."