Matthew 19:8
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Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hardness of heart; but it was not this way from the beginning.
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For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts.
But Jesus told them, “Moses wrote this commandment for you because of your hardness of heart.
This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’
And Noah and his wife, with his sons and their wives, entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.
“Let it be so now,” Jesus replied. “It is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness in this way.” Then John permitted Him.
I say this as a concession, not as a command.
do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness,
So the demons begged Jesus, “If You drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”