Divorce

31 “It was also said, ⁱ‘Whoever ^jdivorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’ 32 But I say to you that ^keveryone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

3 And Pharisees came up to him and ^gtested him by asking, “Is it lawful to ^hdivorce one’s wife for any cause?” 4 He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning ⁱmade them male and female, 5 and said, ^j‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? 6 So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.” 7 They said to him, ^k“Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce and to send her away?” 8 He said to them, “Because of your ^lhardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. 9 And I say to you: ^mwhoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.”¹

2 And Pharisees came up and ^bin order to test him asked, “Is it lawful for a man to ^cdivorce his wife?” 3 He answered them, “What did Moses command you?” 4 They said, ^d“Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and to send her away.” 5 And Jesus said to them, “Because of your ^ehardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. 6 But from the beginning of creation, ^f‘God made them male and female.’ 7 ^g‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife,¹ 8 and the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two but one flesh. 9 What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”

10 And in the house the disciples asked him again about this matter. 11 And he said to them, ^h“Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her, 12 and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”