Mark 10: 2 - 16
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And Pharisees came up and in order to test him asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"
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| 3
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He answered them, "What did Moses command you?"
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| 4
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They said, "Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce, and to put her away."
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| 5
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But Jesus said to them, "For your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.
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| 6
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But from the beginning of creation, `God made them male and female.'
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| 7
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`For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife,
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| 8
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and the two shall become one flesh.' So they are no longer two but one flesh.
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| 9
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What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder."
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| 10
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And in the house the disciples asked him again about this matter.
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| 11
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And he said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another, commits adultery against her;
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| 12
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and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery."
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| 13
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And they were bringing children to him, that he might touch them; and the disciples rebuked them.
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| 14
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But when Jesus saw it he was indignant, and said to them, "Let the children come to me, do not hinder them; for to such belongs the kingdom of God.
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| 15
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Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it."
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| 16
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And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands upon them.
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