Matthew 19:1-6

New Century Version

Jesus Teaches About Divorce

19 After Jesus said all these things, he left Galilee and went into the area of Judea on the other side of the Jordan River. ² Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.

³ Some Pharisees came to Jesus and tried to trick him. They asked, “Is it right for a man to divorce his wife for any reason he chooses?”

⁴ Jesus answered, “Surely you have read in the Scriptures: When God made the world, ‘he made them male and female.’^{[a] 5} And God said, ‘So a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will become one body.’^{[b] 6} So there are not two, but one. God has joined the two together, so no one should separate them.”