1. When Jesus finished speaking, he left Galilee and traveled along the other side of the Jordan River to the territory of Judea.
2. Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.
3. Some Pharisees came to test him. They asked, “Can a man divorce his wife for any reason?”
4. Jesus answered, “Haven’t you read that the Creator made them male and female in the beginning
5. and that he said, ‘That’s why a man will leave his father and mother and will remain united with his wife, and the two will be one’?
6. So they are no longer two but one. Therefore, don’t let anyone separate what God has joined together.”
7. The Pharisees asked him, “Why, then, did Moses order a man to give his wife a written notice to divorce her?”
8. Jesus answered them, “Moses allowed you to divorce your wives because you’re heartless. It was never this way in the beginning.