^{1 Ref} And it came to pass when Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judaea beyond the Jordan;

^{2 Ref} and great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.

^{3 Ref} And there came unto him Pharisees, trying him, and saying, Is it lawful `for a man' to put away his wife for every cause?

^{4 Ref} And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made `them' from the beginning made them male and female,

^{5 Ref} and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?

^{6 Ref} So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

^{7 Ref} They say unto him, Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorcement, and to put `her' away?

^{8 Ref} He saith unto them, Moses for your hardness of heart suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it hath not been so.

^{9 Ref} And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth her when she is put away committeth adultery.