Mar 10:2-12 | NASB1995 | STEP | Some Pharisees came up to Jesus, testing Him, and began to question Him whether it was lawful for a man to divorce a wife .

Mark 10:2-12

2 Some Pharisees came up to Jesus, testing Him, and began to question Him whether it was lawful for a man to ^{▼▼ Or send away}divorce a wife. 3 And He answered and said to them, “What did Moses command you?” 4 They said, ^b“Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and ^{▼▼ Or divorce her} send her away.” 5 But Jesus said to them, ^{▼▼ Or With reference to
,} ^e“Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. 6 “But ^ffrom the beginning of creation, God ^g made them male and female. 7 ^h“For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother ^{▼▼ Many late mss add and shall cling to his wife}, 8 ^j and the two shall become one flesh; so they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9 “What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.”

10 In the house the disciples began questioning Him about this again. 11 And He said to them, ^k“Whoever ^{▼▼ Or sends away}divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her; 12 and ^mif she herself ^{▼▼ Or sends away}divorces her husband and marries another man, she is committing adultery.”