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They replied, Moses allowed a man to write a bill of divorce and to put her away.(A)

But Jesus said to them, Because of your hardness of heart [[a]your condition of insensibility to the call of God] he wrote you this [b]precept in your Law.

But from the beginning of creation God made them male and female.(B)

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  1. Mark 10:5 Henry Swete, The Gospel According to Saint Mark.
  2. Mark 10:5 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.

They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.”(A)

“It was because your hearts were hard(B) that Moses wrote you this law,” Jesus replied. “But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’[a](C)

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  1. Mark 10:6 Gen. 1:27