“Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hardness of heart. But it was not this way from the beginning.”
Matthew 19:8 (BSB)
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6So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.” 7“Why then,” they asked, “did Moses order a man to give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?” 8Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hardness of heart. But it was not this way from the beginning. 9Now I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.” 10His disciples said to Him, “If this is the case between a man and his wife, it is better not to marry.”