1. Then Jesus left that place. He went into the area of Judea and across the Jordan River. Again, crowds came to him. And Jesus taught them as he always did.
2. Some Pharisees came to Jesus and tried to trick him. They asked, “Is it right for a man to divorce his wife?”
3. Jesus answered, “What did Moses command you to do?”
4. They said, “Moses allowed a man to write out divorce papers and send her away.”
5. Jesus said, “Moses wrote that command for you because you refused to accept God’s teaching.
6. But when God made the world, ‘he made them male and female.’
7. ‘So a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife.
8. And the two people will become one body.’ So the people are not two, but one.
9. God has joined the two people together. So no one should separate them.”
10. Later, the followers and Jesus were in the house. They asked Jesus again about the question of divorce.