“The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?”

Matthew 19:3 (KJV) |

Matthew 19:3

From Matthew 19, in the Book of Matthew (New Testament).

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And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan;

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And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.

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The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

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And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,

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And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

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