5 and He also said:“For this reason a man will leavehis father and motherand be joined to his wife,and the two will become one flesh?
6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, man must not separate.”
7 “Why then,” they asked Him, “did Moses command us to give divorce papers and to send her away? ”
8 He told them, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of the hardness of your hearts. But it was not like that from the beginning.
9 And I tell you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.”
10 His disciples said to Him, “If the relationship of a man with his wife is like this, it’s better not to marry! ”
11 But He told them, “Not everyone can accept this saying, but only those it has been given to.