Mat 19:7-8 | ESV | STEP | They said to him , Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce and to send her away ?

b Mark 16:14; [Mark 3:5; 6:52; Heb. 3:8]

Matthew 19:7-8

7 They said to him, ^a“Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce and to send her away?” 8 He said to them, “Because of your ^bhardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.