6 Bible Verses about divorce, in OT
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"Moses," they said, "permitted a man to draw up a written notice of divorce, and to send his wife away."
"Why then," said they, "did Moses command the husband to give her 'a written notice of divorce,' and so put her away?"
"It was also said, 'If any man puts away his wife, let him give her a written notice of divorce.'
"Have you not read," He replied, "that He who made them 'made them' from the beginning 'male and female, and said, For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two shall be one'? Thus they are no longer two, but 'one'! What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate."read more.
"Why then," said they, "did Moses command the husband to give her 'a written notice of divorce,' and so put her away?" "Moses," He replied, "in consideration of the hardness of your nature permitted you to put away your wives, but it has not been so from the beginning.
"It was in consideration of your stubborn hearts," said Jesus, "that Moses enacted this law for you; but from the beginning of the creation the rule was, 'Male and female did God make them. For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cling to his wife,read more.
and the two shall be one'; so that they are two no longer, but 'one.' What, therefore, God has joined together let not man separate."
Then came some of the Pharisees to Him to put Him to the proof by the question, "Has a man a right to divorce his wife whenever he chooses?"