Matthew 19:2
World English Bible
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1 It happened when Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan.
2 Great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there.
3 Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?"
4 He answered, "Haven`t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,
5 and said, `For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife; and the two will become one flesh?`
6 So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don`t let man tear apart."
7 They asked him, "Why then did Moses command us to give her a bill of divorce, and divorce her?"