1 Jesus left that place and went beyond the Jordan and into the region of Judea. Crowds gathered around him again and, as usual, he taught them.
2 Some Pharisees came and, trying to test him, they asked, "Does the Law allow a man to divorce his wife?"
3 Jesus answered, "What did Moses command you?"
4 They said, "Moses allowed a man to write a divorce certificate and to divorce his wife."
5 Jesus said to them, "He wrote this commandment for you because of your unyielding hearts.
6 At the beginning of creation, God made them male and female.
7 Because of this, a man should leave his father and mother and be joined together with his wife,