They *said to Him, “(A)Why then did Moses command to give her a certificate of divorce and send her away?” He *said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart Moses permitted you to [a]divorce your wives; but from the beginning it has not been this way. And I say to you, (B)whoever [b]divorces his wife, except for [c]immorality, and marries another woman [d]commits adultery[e].”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 19:8 Or send away
  2. Matthew 19:9 Or sends away
  3. Matthew 19:9 Lit fornication
  4. Matthew 19:9 Some early mss read makes her commit adultery
  5. Matthew 19:9 Some early mss add and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery