1. After Jesus said all these things, he left Galilee. He went into the area of Judea on the other side of the Jordan River.
2. Large crowds followed Jesus, and he healed them there.
3. Some Pharisees came to Jesus and tried to trick him. They asked, “Is it right for a man to divorce his wife for any reason he chooses?”
4. Jesus answered, “Surely you have read in the Scriptures: When God made the world, ‘he made them male and female.’
5. And God said, ‘So a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife. And the two people will become one body.’
6. So the two are not two, but one. God joined the two people together. No person should separate them.”
7. The Pharisees asked, “Why then did Moses give a command for a man to divorce his wife by giving her divorce papers?”