Matthew 19:3-9
3 Some Pharisees approached Him to test Him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife on any grounds?”(A)
4 “Haven’t you read,” He replied, “that He who created(a) them in the beginning made them male and female,”(B)(b)
5 and He also said:
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(D) 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.”(d)(E)
Footnotes:
a.
Matthew 19:4: Other mss read made
b.
Matthew 19:4: Gn 1:27; 5:2
c.
Matthew 19:5: Gn 2:24
d.
Matthew 19:9: Other mss add Also whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery; Mt 5:32