4 *Dt 24.1-4;Mt 5.31.They answered, "Moses allows a man to write out divorce papers and send his wife away."

5 Jesus replied, "Moses gave you this law because you are so heartless. 6 *Gn 1.27;5.1,2.But in the beginning God made a man and a woman. 7 *Gn 2.24.That’s why a man leaves his father and mother and gets married. 8 He becomes like one person with his wife. Then they are no longer two people, but one. 9 And no one should separate a couple that God has joined together."