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| − | |<span id="10:1"></span>And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judaea by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again.
| + | And he left that place, and went to the coasts of Judea on the far side of the Jordan river, and the people came to Him again, and He taught them again. Some Pharisees came to him, and attempted to trick him by asking, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?" And He answered them, "What did Moses command you?" They said, "Moses said that a man could write a bill of divorcement, and divorce her." |
| − | |And he left that place, and went to the coasts of Judea on the far side of the Jordan river, and the people came to Him again, and He taught them again.
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| + | Jesus answered them, saying "He wrote you this law because men's hearts are hardened. But from the beginning of time, God has made man, male and female. For this reason, men leave their parents and cling to a wife, and the two shall be one flesh, so that they are no longer two people, but one. What God has joined together, let no man tear apart." |
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| − | |<span id="10:2"></span>And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.
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| − | |Some Pharisees came to him, and attempted to trick him by asking, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"
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| − | |<span id="10:3"></span>And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?
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| − | |<span id="10:4"></span>And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
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| − | |<span id="10:5"></span>And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
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| − | |Jesus answered them, saying "He wrote you this law because men's hearts are hardened.
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| − | |The Greek word '''σκληροκαρδία''' (sklérokardia) speaks of a heart that refuses to change. Note the root, that survives in medical terms like "[[arteriosclerosis]]."
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| − | |<span id="10:6"></span>But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
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| − | |<span id="10:7"></span>For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
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| − | |<span id="10:8"></span>And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
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| − | |<span id="10:9"></span>What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
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| − | |What God has joined together, let no mean tear apart."
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| | |<span id="10:10"></span>And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same matter. | | |<span id="10:10"></span>And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same matter. |
| | |In his house, later, His students asked the same question again. | | |In his house, later, His students asked the same question again. |