Matthew 19:8

New International Version

⁸Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning.

Matthew 19:8

King James Version

⁸He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

⁵“It was because your hearts were hard^(A) that Moses wrote you this law,” Jesus replied.

⁵And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.

New International Version (NIV)