1 When Jesus (YHWH saves) had finished saying these things, He left Galilee (circuit) and went into the region of Judea (land of praise) beyond the Jordan (flowing down).

2 Large crowds followed Him, and He healed them there.

3 Then some Pharisees came and tested Him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?

4 Jesus answered, “Have you⁺ not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female ,’

5 and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father {patera} and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh

Matthew 19:1-5, Berean Annotated Bible. Public domain.
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