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What therefore God has joined together, don’t let man tear apart.”", "wj": true }, { "v": 7, "break": "p" }, { "v": 7, "text": "They asked him, “Why then did Moses command us to give her a certificate of divorce and divorce her?”" }, { "v": 8, "break": "p" }, { "v": 8, "text": "He said to them," }, { "v": 8, "text": "“Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.", "wj": true }, { "v": 9, "text": "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.”", "wj": true }, { "v": 10, "break": "p" }, { "v": 10, "text": "His disciples said to him, “If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.”" }, { "v": 11, "break": "p" }, { "v": 11, "text": "But he said to them," }, { "v": 11, "text": "“Not all men can receive this saying, but those to whom it is given.", "wj": true }, { "v": 12, "text": "For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven’s sake. He who is able to receive it, let him receive it.”", "wj": true } ], "text_kjv": [ { "v": 1, "text": "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;" }, { "v": 2, "text": "And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there." }, { "v": 3, "break": "p" }, { "v": 3, "text": "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?" }, { "v": 4, "break": "p" }, { "v": 4, "text": "And he answered and said unto them," }, { "v": 4, "text": "Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,", "wj": true }, { "v": 5, "text": "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?", "wj": true }, { "v": 6, "text": "Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.", "wj": true }, { "v": 7, "break": "p" }, { "v": 7, "text": "They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?" }, { "v": 8, "break": "p" }, { "v": 8, "text": "He saith unto them," }, { "v": 8, "text": "Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.", "wj": true }, { "v": 9, "text": "And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.", "wj": true }, { "v": 10, "break": "p" }, { "v": 10, "text": "His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry." }, { "v": 11, "break": "p" }, { "v": 11, "text": "But he said unto them," }, { "v": 11, "text": "All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given.", "wj": true }, { "v": 12, "text": "For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. 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