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So then, they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God paired-together[a], let a person[b] not separate”. They say to Him, “Why then did Moses command us to give a certificate[c] of divorce and send her away?” He says to them that “Moses permitted[d] you to send-away your wives because of your hardness-of-heart. But from the beginning it has not been so[e].

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 19:6 Or, yoked together, joined as a pair.
  2. Matthew 19:6 Or, man (generically speaking), a human. The broader sense is clear in Mk 10:9-12. Do not divorce your wives.
  3. Matthew 19:7 This document was to protect the wife and make it possible for her to remarry.
  4. Matthew 19:8 Jesus corrects the Pharisees. Deut 24:1 does not command divorce.
  5. Matthew 19:8 That is, it has not been God’s plan and intent that you divorce your wives.

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