1. And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these words, he withdrew from Galilee, and came to the coasts of Judaea beyond the Jordan;
2. and great crowds followed him, and he healed them there.
3. And the Pharisees came to him tempting him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
4. But he answering said to them, Have ye not read that he who made them, from the beginning made them male and female,
5. and said, On account of this a man shall leave father and mother, and shall be united to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh?
6. so that they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.
7. They say to him, Why then did Moses command to give a letter of divorce and to send her away?