Mark 10:1-9

New American Standard Bible 1995

Jesus’ Teaching about Divorce

10 ^(A)Getting up, He *went from there to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan; crowds *gathered around Him again, and, ^(B)according to His custom, He once more began to teach them.

² Some Pharisees came up to Jesus, testing Him, and began to question Him whether it was lawful for a man to ^[a]divorce a wife. ³ And He answered and said to them, “What did Moses command you?” ⁴ They said, “^(C)Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and ^[b]send her away.” ⁵ But Jesus said to them, “^[c](D)Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. ⁶ But ^(E)from the beginning of creation, God ^(F)made them male and female. ^7 (G)For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother^[d], ^8 (H)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.”