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Mk 10:1: 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.

Mk 10:2: And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.

Mk 10:3: And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?

Mk 10:4: And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.

Mk 10:5: And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.

Mk 10:6: But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.

Mk 10:7: For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;

Mk 10:8: And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.

Mk 10:9: What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

Mk 10:10: And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same matter.

Mk 10:11: And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.

Mk 10:12: And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.