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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.

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Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning.

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13 And this you do as well: You cover the Lord’s altar with tears, with weeping and groaning because he no longer regards the offering or accepts it with favor at your hand. 14 You ask, “Why does he not?” Because the Lord was a witness between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.(A)

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13 Another thing you do: You flood the Lord’s altar with tears.(A) You weep and wail(B) because he no longer looks with favor(C) on your offerings or accepts them with pleasure from your hands.(D) 14 You ask,(E) “Why?” It is because the Lord is the witness(F) between you and the wife of your youth.(G) You have been unfaithful to her, though she is your partner, the wife of your marriage covenant.(H)

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24 Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh.(A)

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24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united(A) to his wife, and they become one flesh.(B)

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But Jesus said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart he wrote this commandment for you.

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“It was because your hearts were hard(A) that Moses wrote you this law,” Jesus replied.

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12 They made their hearts adamant in order not to hear the law and the words that the Lord of hosts had sent by his spirit through the former prophets. Therefore great wrath came from the Lord of hosts.(A)

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12 They made their hearts as hard as flint(A) and would not listen to the law or to the words that the Lord Almighty had sent by his Spirit through the earlier prophets.(B) So the Lord Almighty was very angry.(C)

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This I say by way of concession, not of command.(A)

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I say this as a concession, not as a command.(A)

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31 The demons begged him, “If you cast us out, send us into the herd of swine.”

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31 The demons begged Jesus, “If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”

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15 But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for it is proper for us in this way to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented.

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15 Jesus replied, “Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John consented.

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16 Thus says the Lord:
Stand at the crossroads and look,
    and ask for the ancient paths,
where the good way lies; and walk in it,
    and find rest for your souls.
But they said, “We will not walk in it.”(A)

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16 This is what the Lord says:

“Stand at the crossroads and look;
    ask for the ancient paths,(A)
ask where the good way(B) is, and walk in it,
    and you will find rest(C) for your souls.
    But you said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

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    Do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah,
    as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,(A)

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“Do not harden your hearts(A) as you did at Meribah,[a](B)
    as you did that day at Massah[b] in the wilderness,(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 95:8 Meribah means quarreling.
  2. Psalm 95:8 Massah means testing.

And Noah with his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives went into the ark to escape the waters of the flood.(A)

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And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives entered the ark(A) to escape the waters of the flood.

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