Law of Divorce

24 “When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens, if she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some (A)indecency in her, that (B)he writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and [a]sends her away from his house,

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  1. Deuteronomy 24:1 Or dismisses her

24 If a man marries a woman who becomes displeasing to him(A) because he finds something indecent about her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce,(B) gives it to her and sends her from his house,

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31 “Now it was said, ‘(A)Whoever sends his wife away is to give her a certificate of divorce’;

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Divorce

31 “It has been said, ‘Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 5:31 Deut. 24:1

So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, no person is to separate.” They *said to Him, “(A)Why, then, did Moses command to give her a certificate of divorce and send her away?” He *said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart Moses permitted you to [a]divorce your wives; but from the beginning it has not been this way.

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  1. Matthew 19:8 Lit send away

So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

“Why then,” they asked, “did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?”(A)

Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning.

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