2. and great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.
3. And there came unto him Pharisees, tempting him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
4. And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he which made them from the beginning made them male and female,
5. and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the twain shall become one flesh?
6. So that they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
7. They say unto him, Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorcement, and to put her away?
8. He saith unto them, Moses for your hardness of heart suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it hath not been so.