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He said to them, Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, suffered you to put away your wives. But from the beginning it was not so. I say therefore to you, whoever puts away his wife (unless it be for fornication) and marries another, breaks wedlock. And whoever marries her who is divorced, commits adultery.

10 Then Jesus’ disciples said to him, If this is the case between man and wife, then it is not good to marry.

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Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning. I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.”(A)

10 The disciples said to him, “If this is the situation between a husband and wife, it is better not to marry.”

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