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He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.

Matthew 19:8 · WEB

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ગુજરાતીમાથ્થી ૧૯:૮
ઈસુએ તેઓને કહ્યું કે, “મૂસાએ તમારાં હૃદયની કઠોરતાને લીધે તમને તમારી પત્નીઓને મૂકી દેવા દીધી, પણ આરંભથી એવું ન હતું.
हिन्दीमत्ती १९:८
उसने उनसे कहा, “मूसा ने तुम्हारे मन की कठोरता के कारण तुम्हें अपनी पत्नी को छोड़ देने की अनुमति दी, परन्तु आरम्भ में ऐसा नहीं था।

In context

6So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don’t let man tear apart.”

7They asked him, “Why then did Moses command us to give her a certificate of divorce and divorce her?”

8He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.

9I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery.”

10His disciples said to him, “If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.”

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