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They say to Him, “Why then did Moses command us to give a certificate[a] of divorce and send her away?” He says to them that “Moses permitted[b] you to send-away your wives because of your hardness-of-heart. But from the beginning it has not been so[c]. And I say to you that whoever sends-away his wife not based on sexual-immorality, and marries another, is committing-adultery”.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 19:7 This document was to protect the wife and make it possible for her to remarry.
  2. Matthew 19:8 Jesus corrects the Pharisees. Deut 24:1 does not command divorce.
  3. Matthew 19:8 That is, it has not been God’s plan and intent that you divorce your wives.

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