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# "It was because ... this law," Jesus said to them. "But

In some languages speakers do not interrupt a quote to say who is speaking. Rather they say who is speaking at the beginning or end of the complete quote. AT: "Jesus said to them, 'It was because ... this law. But" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-quotations]])

# your hard hearts that he wrote you

Moses wrote the law for their ancestors, which they now were also supposed to follow. AT: "your ancestors' hard hearts that he wrote them this law"

# your hard hearts

This means that they were very stubborn. AT: "your stubbornness" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# God made them male and female

Jesus quoted this from what God said in the book of Genesis.

# God made them

"God made people"
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# "It was because ... this law," Jesus said to them. "But`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`In some languages speakers do not interrupt a quote to say who is speaking. Rather they say who is speaking at the beginning or end of the complete quote. AT: "Jesus said to them, 'It was because ... this law. But" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-quotations]])`

			`# your hard hearts that he wrote you`

			`Moses wrote the law for their ancestors, which they now were also supposed to follow. AT: "your ancestors' hard hearts that he wrote them this law"`

			`# your hard hearts`

			`This means that they were very stubborn. AT: "your stubbornness" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])`

			`# God made them male and female`

			`Jesus quoted this from what God said in the book of Genesis.`

			`# God made them`

			`"God made people"`