10:1 Then ¹  Jesus ²  left that place and went to the region of Judea and ³  beyond the Jordan River. ⁴  Again crowds gathered to him, and again, as was his custom, he taught them. 10:2 Then some Pharisees ⁵  came, and to test him ⁶  they asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his ⁷  wife?” ⁸  10:3 He answered them, ⁹  “What did Moses command you?” 10:4 They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her.” ¹⁰  10:5 But Jesus said to them, “He wrote this commandment for you because of your hard hearts. ¹¹  10:6 But from the beginning of creation he ¹²  made them male and female. ¹³  10:7 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother, ¹⁴  10:8 and the two will become one flesh. ¹⁵  So they are no longer two, but one flesh. 10:9 Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

10:10 In the house once again, the disciples asked him about this. 10:11 So ¹⁶  he told them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her. 10:12 And if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.” ¹⁷