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Mark 10:12

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And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
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  1. 1 Corinthians 7:11Rank 1 from verse 12
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    11But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

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    13And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.

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Mark 10:12

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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put

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To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be.

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husband

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Sense 1: A married man in relation to his wife. Sense 2: One who manages or cultivates carefully.

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married

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of marry, meaning to take or join in marriage; to enter the marriage relation.

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another

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1. In "one another" and like reciprocal or distributive constructions, each the other, or one in relation to the other or others. 2. One other, one more, or a different or additional person or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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10:2¶ And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.

10:3And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?

10:4And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.

10:5And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.

10:6But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.

10:7For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;

10:8And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.

10:9What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

10:10And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same matter.

10:11And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.

10:12And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.

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