Matthew 19:3-9

New American Standard Bible 1995

³ Some Pharisees came to ^[a]Jesus, testing Him and asking, “^(A)Is it lawful for a man to ^[b]divorce his wife for any reason at all?” ⁴ And He answered and said, “Have you not read ^(B)that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female, ⁵ and said, ‘^(C)For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and ^(D)the two shall become one flesh’? ⁶ So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.” ⁷ They *said to Him, “^(E)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 ^[c]divorce your wives; but from the beginning it has not been this way. ⁹ And I say to you, ^(F)whoever ^[d]divorces his wife, except for ^[e]immorality, and marries another woman ^[f]commits adultery^[g].”