1  And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these words, he withdrew from Galilee, and came to the coasts of Judaea beyond the Jordan; 2  and great crowds followed him, and he healed them there.

3  And the Pharisees came to him tempting him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? 4  But he answering said to them, Have ye not read that he who made them, from the beginning made them male and female, 5  and said, On account of this a man shall leave father and mother, and shall be united to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh? 6  so that they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate. 7  They say to him, Why then did Moses command to give a letter of divorce and to send her away? 8  He says to them, Moses, in view of your hardheartedness, allowed you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was not thus. 9  But I say unto you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, not for fornication, and shall marry another, commits adultery; and he who marries one put away commits adultery.