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and said, For this thing shall a man leave father and mother and cleave unto his wife, and the two shall be one flesh? So then, now they are not two, but one flesh. Let not man therefore put apart that which God has joined together.

Then they said to him, Why did Moses direct to give a testimonial of divorce and to put her away?

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and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’[a]?(A) So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

“Why then,” they asked, “did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?”(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 19:5 Gen. 2:24