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They say unto him, [a]Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorcement, and to put her away? He saith unto them, Moses for your hardness of heart suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it hath not been so. And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, [b]except for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: [c]and he that marrieth her when she is put away committeth adultery.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 19:7 Dt. 24:1–4.
  2. Matthew 19:9 Some ancient authorities read saving for the cause of fornication, maketh her an adulteress: as in 5:32.
  3. Matthew 19:9 The following words, to the end of the verse, are omitted by some ancient authorities.