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Matthew 19:10

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The disciples said to him, “If such is the case of a man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.”

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Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”

He who finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor from the Lord.

It is better to live in a desert land than with a contentious and fretful woman.

It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a contentious woman.

But he said to them, “Not all men can receive this saying, but only those to whom it is given.

And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for unchastity, and marries another, commits adultery.”

To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is well for them to remain single as I do.

who forbid marriage and enjoin abstinence from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.