Mat 19:1 And it came to be, when יהושע had ended these words, that He left Galil and came to the borders of Yahuḏah beyond the Yarděn.
Mat 19:2 And large crowds followed Him, and He healed them there.
Mat 19:3 And the Pharisees came to Him, trying Him, and saying to Him, “Is it right for a man to put away his wife for every reason?”
Mat 19:4 And He answering, said to them, “Did you not read that He who made them at the beginning made them male and female, Gen_1:27; Gen_5:2.
Mat 19:5 and said, ‘For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? Gen_2:24.
Mat 19:6 “So that they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what Elohim has joined together, let man not separate.”
Mat 19:7 They said to Him, “Why then did Mosheh command to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away?”
Mat 19:8 He said to them, “Because of the hardness of your hearts, Mosheh allowed you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.
Mat 19:9 “And I say to you, whoever puts away his wife, except on the ground of whoring, and marries another, commits adultery. And whoever marries her who has been put away commits adultery.