1 When Jesus finished teaching, he left Galilee and went to the part of Judea that is east of the River Jordan.
2 Large crowds followed him, and he healed their sick people.
3 Some Pharisees wanted to test Jesus. They came up to him and asked, “Is it right for a man to divorce his wife for just any reason?”
4 Jesus answered, “Don't you know that in the beginning the Creator made a man and a woman?
5 That's why a man leaves his father and mother and gets married. He becomes like one person with his wife.
6 Then they are no longer two people, but one. And no one should separate a couple that God has joined together.”
7 The Pharisees asked Jesus, “Why did Moses say that a man could write out divorce papers and send his wife away?”