Matthew 19:7-9

Living Bible

⁷ “Then, why,” they asked, “did Moses say a man may divorce his wife by merely writing her a letter of dismissal?”

⁸ Jesus replied, “Moses did that in recognition of your hard and evil hearts, but it was not what God had originally intended. ⁹ And I tell you this, that anyone who divorces his wife, except for fornication, and marries another, commits adultery.”^[a]