10Then Jesus left that place and went into the area of Judea and across the Jordan River. Again, crowds came to him, and he taught them as he usually did.

²Some Pharisees came to Jesus and tried to trick him. They asked, “Is it right for a man to divorce his wife?”

³Jesus answered, “What did Moses command you to do?”

⁴They said, “Moses allowed a man to write out divorce papers and send her away.” ⁿ

⁵Jesus said, “Moses wrote that command for you because you were stubborn. ⁶But when God made the world, ‘he made them male and female.’ ⁿ ⁷‘So a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, ⁿ ⁸and the two will become one body.’ ⁿ So there are not two, but one. ⁹God has joined the two together, so no one should separate them.”

¹⁰Later, in the house, his followers asked Jesus again about the question of divorce. ¹¹He answered, “Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman is guilty of adultery against her. ¹²And the woman who divorces her husband and marries another man is also guilty of adultery.”

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Footnotes

n“Moses … away.” Quotation from Deuteronomy 24:1.
n‘he made … female.’ Quotation from Genesis 1:27.
nand … wife Some Greek copies do not have this phrase.
n‘So … body.’ Quotation from Genesis 2:24.