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Matthew 19:7-9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Matthew 19:7-9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
7 They said to him, “Why then did Moses command us to give a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her?”(A) 8 He said to them, “It was because you were so hard-hearted that Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. 9 And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.”[a](B)
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- 19.9 Other ancient authorities lack and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery
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