10And from there he set out and^* came to the region of Judea and the other side of the Jordan, and again crowds came together to him. And again, as he was accustomed to do,^* he began to teach^a them. ²And they asked^b him if it was permitted for a man to divorce his^c wife, in order to^* test him. ³And he answered and^* said to them, “What did Moses command you?” ⁴So they said, “Moses permitted a man^* to write a certificate of divorce and to send her^* away.” ⁵But Jesus said to them, “He wrote this commandment for you because of your hardness of heart. ⁶But from the beginning of creation ‘he made them male and female.^d ⁷Because of this a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife,^e ⁸and the two will become one flesh,’^f so that they are no longer two but one flesh. ⁹Therefore what God has joined together, man must not separate.”

¹⁰And in the house again the disciples began to ask^g him about this. ¹¹And he said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her. ¹²And if she divorces her husband and^* marries another, she commits adultery.”

Little Children Brought to Jesus

¹³And they were bringing young children to him so that he could touch them, but the disciples rebuked them. ¹⁴But when^* Jesus saw it,^* he was indignant, and said to them, “Let the young children come to me. Do not forbid them, for to such belongs^h the kingdom of God. ¹⁵Truly I say to you, whoever does not welcome the kingdom of God like a young child will never enter into it.” ¹⁶And after^* taking them^* into his arms, he blessed them, placing hisⁱ hands on them.

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Footnotes

*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“set out”) has been translated as a finite verb
*The words “to do” are not in the Greek text but are implied
aThe imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to teach”)
bSome manuscripts have “And Pharisees came up and asked”
cThe pronoun “his” is not in the Greek text but is implied
*Here “in order to” is supplied as a component of the participle (“test”) which is understood as purpose
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
dA quotation from Gen 1:27; 5:2
eThe earliest and most important manuscripts do not contain the phrase “and be joined to his wife”
fA quotation from Gen 2:24
gThe imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to ask”)
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“divorces”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
hLiterally “for of such is”
*Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“taking … into his arms”) which is understood as temporal
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
iLiterally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun