Catholic Public Domain Version
"But Jesus responded by saying: “It was due to the hardness of your heart that he wrote that precept for you. "
— Mark 10:5, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.”
“But Jesus said unto them, For your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. ”
“But Jesus said to them, "For your hardness of heart, he wrote you this commandment.”
“But Jesus said to them,“He wrote this commandment for you because of your hard hearts.”
“To whom Jesus answering, said: Because of the hardness of your heart, he wrote you that precept.”
“But Jesus said to them, Because of your hard hearts he gave you this law.”
“And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.”
And approaching, the Pharisees questioned him, testing him: “Is it lawful for a man to dismiss his wife?”
But in response, he said to them, “What did Moses instruct you?”
And they said, “Moses gave permission to write a bill of divorce and to dismiss her.”
But Jesus responded by saying: “It was due to the hardness of your heart that he wrote that precept for you.
But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female.
Because of this, a man shall leave behind his father and mother, and he shall cling to his wife.
And these two shall be one in flesh. And so, they are now, not two, but one flesh.