Mark 10:2–9

2 Some Phariseesa came to testb him, asking, “Is it lawfulc for a man to divorced his wife?”e

3 He replied to them, “What did Mosesf command you?”

4 They said, “Moses permitted us to write divorce papersg and send her away.”h

5 But Jesus told them, “He wrote this command for you because of the hardness of your hearts.i 6 But from the beginningj of creationk GodA made them male and female.B,l 7 For this reason a man will leavem his father and motherC 8 and the two will become one flesh.D,n So they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9 Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”o

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a	Mk 7:3
b	Jas 1:13
c	Jn 18:31
d	Le 21:7
e	1 Pe 3:1
f	Ps 77:20 Mt 8:4 Heb 3:2
g	Mt 5:31
h	Dt 24:1 Dt 24:3
i	Mk 16:14
j	Jn 1:1 Ac 26:4
k	Jn 1:3 Re 3:14
A	Other mss omit God
B	Ge 1:27 Ge 5:2
l	Ge 1:27 Ge 5:2
m	Lk 15:4
C	Some mss add and be joined to his wife
D	Ge 2:24
n	Ge 2:24
o	1 Co 7:10–15 Heb 7:26