1And having risen thence, he doth come to the coasts of Judea, through the other side of the Jordan, and again do multitudes come together unto him, and, as he had been accustomed, again he was teaching them.
2And the Pharisees, having come near, questioned him, if it is lawful for a husband to put away a wife, tempting him,
3and he answering said to them, `What did Moses command you?`
4and they said, `Moses suffered to write a bill of divorce, and to put away.`
5And Jesus answering said to them, `For the stiffness of your heart he wrote you this command,
6but from the beginning of the creation, a male and a female God did make them;
7on this account shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife,