The Question of Divorce

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Then came vnto him the Pharises tempting him, and saying to him, Is it lawfull for a man to put away his wife vpon euery occasion?

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And he answered and sayd vnto them, Haue ye not read, that hee which made them at the beginning, made them male and female,

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And sayd, For this cause, shall a man leaue father and mother, and cleaue vnto his wife, and they which were two shalbe one flesh.

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Wherefore they are no more twaine, but one flesh. Let not man therefore put asunder that, which God hath coupled together.

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They said to him, Why did then Moses commaund to giue a bill of diuorcement, and to put her away?

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He sayd vnto them, Moses, because of the hardnesse of your heart, suffered you to put away your wiues: but from the beginning it was not so.

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I say therefore vnto you, that whosoeuer shall put away his wife, except it be for whoredome, and marry another, committeth adulterie: and whosoeuer marieth her which is diuorced, doeth commit adulterie.

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Then sayd his disciples to him, If the matter be so betweene man and wife, it is not good to marry.

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But he sayd vnto them, All men cannot receiue this thing, saue they to whom it is giuen.

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For there are some eunuches, which were so borne of their mothers belly: and there be some eunuches, which be gelded by men: and there be some eunuches, which haue gelded them selues for the kingdome of heauen. He that is able to receiue this, let him receiue it.

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