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Matthew 19:8-9
English Standard Version
Matthew 19:8-9
English Standard Version
8 He said to them, “Because of your (A)hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. 9 (B)And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.”[a]
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- Matthew 19:9 Some manuscripts add and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery; other manuscripts except for sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery
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The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. ESV Text Edition: 2025.
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