Divorce

10:1 Then1 Jesus2 left that place and went to the region of Judea and3 beyond the Jordan River.4 Again crowds gathered to him, and again, as was his custom, he taught them. 10:2 Then some Pharisees5 came, and to test him6 they asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his7 wife?”8 10:3 He answered them,9 “What did Moses command you?” 10:4 They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her.”10 10:5 But Jesus said to them, “He wrote this commandment for you because of your hard hearts.11 10:6 But from the beginning of creation he12 made them male and female.13 10:7 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother,14 10:8 and the two will become one flesh.15 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. 10:9 Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

10:10 In the house once again, the disciples asked him about this. 10:11 So16 he told them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her. 10:12 And if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”17