Mark 10:2-12

Disciples’ Literal New Testament

Pharisees Test Jesus With a Question About Divorce. Divorce Is Not God’s Plan

² And Pharisees having come to Him were asking Him if it is lawful for a husband to send-away^[a] a wife— testing Him. ³ And the One, having responded, said to them, “What did Moses command you?” ⁴ And the ones said, “Moses permitted us to write a certificate^[b] of divorce and send her away”. ⁵ But Jesus said to them, “He wrote this commandment to you because-of your hardness-of-heart. ⁶ But from the beginning of creation, ‘He made them male and female’ [Gen 1:27]. ⁷ ‘For this^[c] reason, a man will leave-behind his father and mother and will be joined^[d] to his wife. ⁸ And the two will be one flesh’ [Gen 2:24]. So then, they are no longer two, but one flesh. ⁹ Therefore what God paired-together^[e], let a person^[f] not separate”. ¹⁰ And the disciples were questioning Him again about this in the house, ¹¹ and He says to them, “Whoever sends-away his wife and marries another is committing-adultery against her. ¹² And if she, having sent-away her husband, marries another, she is committing-adultery”.