⁷ They *said to Him, “^(A)Why, then, did Moses command to give her a certificate of divorce and send her away?” ⁸ 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. ⁹ And I say to you, ^(B)whoever ^[b]divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman ^[c]commits adultery^[d].”