3. Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?"

4. He answered,"Haven't you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,Genesis 1:27

5. and said, 'For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall join to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?'Genesis 2:24

6. So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don't let man tear apart."

7. They asked him, "Why then did Moses command us to give her a bill of divorce, and divorce her?"

8. He said to them,"Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.

9. I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery."

10. His disciples said to him, "If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry."

11. But he said to them,"Not all men can receive this saying, but those to whom it is given.

12. For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother's womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven's sake. He who is able to receive it, let him receive it."

2. Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"

3. He answered,"What did Moses command you?"

4. They said, "Moses allowed a certificate of divorce to be written, and to divorce her."

5. But Jesus said to them,"For your hardness of heart, he wrote you this commandment.

6. But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female.Genesis 1:27

7. For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife,

8. and the two will become one flesh,Genesis 2:24so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.

9. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate."

10. In the house, his disciples asked him again about the same matter.

11. He said to them,"Whoever divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her.

12. If a woman herself divorces her husband, and marries another, she commits adultery."