1And he got up, and went into the country of Judaea on the other side of Jordan: and great numbers of people came together to him again; and, as was his way, he gave them teaching.
2And Pharisees came to him, testing him with the question, Is it right for a man to put away his wife?
3And he said to them in answer, What did Moses say you were to do?
4And they said to him, Moses let us give her a statement in writing, and be free from her.
5But Jesus said to them, Because of your hard hearts he gave you this law.
6But from the first, male and female made he them.
7For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife;