Then Jesus told him, "See, you are not to say a word to anybody; away and show yourself to the priest and offer the gift prescribed by Moses, to notify men."

There appeared to them Moses and Elijah, who conversed with Jesus.

So Peter addressed Jesus and said, "Lord, it is a good thing we are here; pray let me put up three tents here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

They said to him, "Then why did Moses lay it down that we were to divorce by giving a separation-notice?"

He said to them, "Moses permitted you to divorce your wives, on account of the hardness of your hearts, but it was not so from the beginning.

"Teacher, Moses said that if anyone dies without children, his brother is to espouse his wife and raise offspring for his brother.

"The scribes and Pharisees sit on the seat of Moses;