1. When Jesus finished saying these things, he left Galilee. He went into the area of Judea on the other side of the Jordan River.
2. Large crowds followed him. He healed them there.
3. Some Pharisees came to put him to the test. They asked, "Does the Law allow a man to divorce his wife for any reason at all?"
4. Jesus replied, "Haven't you read that in the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female'? (Genesis 1:27)
5. He said, 'That's why a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife. The two will become one.' (Genesis 2:24)
6. They are no longer two, but one. So a man must not separate what God has joined together."