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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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 24:1 Or dismisses her

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

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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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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 19:8 Lit send away

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