Thematic Bible: Why moses allowed divorce


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They said to him: Why, then, did Moses command us to give a bill of divorce and put her away? He said to them: Moses, on account of the hardness of your hearts, permitted you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was not so.

And the Pharisees came to him, and that they might tempt him, asked him the question: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? He answered and said to them: What commandment did Moses give you? They replied: Moses permitted us to write a bill of divorce, and put her away. read more.
And Jesus answered and said to them: On account of the hardness of your hearts, he wrote this commandment for you. But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female.