World English Bible
Matthew 19:8
“He said to them, "Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.”
Verse in context — Matthew 19
6
So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don't let man tear apart.
7
They asked him, "Why then did Moses command us to give her a bill of divorce, and divorce her?
8
He said to them, "Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.
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I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery.
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His disciples said to him, "If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.
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