Matthew 19:1-9 ▼

1 And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these words, He removed from Galilee, and came to the borders of Judea, beyond the Jordan,

2 and great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them there.

3 And the Pharisees came near to Him, tempting Him, and saying to Him, “Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?”

4 And He answering said to them, “Did you not read that He who made [them] from the beginning, made them a male and a female,

5 and said, For this cause will a man leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they will be—the two—for one flesh?

6 So that they are no longer two, but one flesh; what therefore God joined together, let no man separate.”

7 They say to Him, “Why then did Moses command to give a roll of divorce, and to put her away?”

8 He says to them, “Moses for your stiffness of heart permitted you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.

9 And I say to you that whoever may put away his wife, if not for whoredom, and may marry another, commits adultery; and he who married her that has been put away, commits adultery.”