2 Large crowds followed him. He healed them there.
3 Some Pharisees came to put him to the test. They asked, "Does the Law allow a man to divorce his wife for any reason at all?"
4 Jesus replied, "Haven't you read that in the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female'? (Genesis 1:27)
5 He said, 'That's why a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife. The two will become one.' (Genesis 2:24)
6 They are no longer two, but one. So a man must not separate what God has joined together."
7 They asked, "Then why did Moses command that a man can give his wife a letter of divorce and send her away?"
8 Jesus replied, "Moses let you divorce your wives because you were stubborn. But it was not this way from the beginning.