Mark 10:1-9 ▼

1 And, rising up thence, He cometh into the borders of Judaea, and beyond the Jordan. And multitudes come together to Him again; and, as He was wont, He was teaching them again.

2 And the Pharisees, corning to Him, were asking Him, "Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife!" tempting Him.

3 And He, answering, said to them, "What did Moses command you?"

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

5 But Jesus said to them, "Because of the hardness of your 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 joined together, let not man put asunder."