⁸ He said to them, “Because of your ^(A)hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.

¹³ And this second thing you do. ^(A)You cover the Lord's altar with tears, with weeping and groaning because he no longer regards the offering or accepts it with favor from your hand. ^14 (B)But you say, “Why does he not?” Because the Lord ^(C)was witness between you and the wife of your youth, ^(D)to whom ^(E)you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.

^24 (A)Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

⁵ And Jesus said to them, “Because of your ^(A)hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.

^12 (A)They made their hearts diamond-hard ^(B)lest they should hear the law and the words that the Lord of hosts had sent ^(C)by his Spirit through ^(D)the former prophets. ^(E)Therefore great anger came from the Lord of hosts.

⁶ Now as a concession, ^(A)not a command, I say this.^[a]

³¹ And the demons begged him, saying, “If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of pigs.”

¹⁵ But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented.