¹ 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;

⁴⁰ And he went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John was at the first baptizing; and there be abode.

¹ And he arose from thence and cometh into the borders of Judaea and beyond the Jordan: and multitudes come together unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again.

² And there came unto him Pharisees, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away `his' wife? trying him.

³ And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?

⁴ And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.

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

⁶ But from the beginning of the creation, Male and female made he them.

⁷ For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife;

⁸ and the two shall become one flesh: so that they are no more two, but one flesh.

⁹ What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

¹⁰ And in the house the disciples asked him again of this matter.

¹¹ And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her:

¹² and if she herself shall put away her husband, and marry another, she committeth adultery.

²⁸ And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these words, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching:

¹ 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 and great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.

³ 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 And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made `them' from the beginning made them male and female,

⁵ 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 So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

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

⁸ 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 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.