Catholic Public Domain Version
"They said to him, “Then why did Moses command him to give a bill of divorce, and to separate?” "
— Matthew 19:7, Catholic Public Domain Version
“They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?”
“They say unto him, Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorcement, and to put her away? ”
“They asked him, "Why then did Moses command us to give her a bill of divorce, and divorce her?"”
“They said to him,“Why then did Moses command us to give a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her?””
“They say to him: Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorce, and to put away?”
“They say to him, Why then did Moses give orders that a husband might give her a statement in writing and be free from her?”
“They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?”
And he said to them in response, “Have you not read that he who made man from the beginning, made them male and female?” And he said:
“For this reason, a man shall separate from father and mother, and he shall cling to his wife, and these two shall become one flesh.
And so, now they are not two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no man separate.”
They said to him, “Then why did Moses command him to give a bill of divorce, and to separate?”
He said to them: “Although Moses permitted you to separate from your wives, due to the hardness of your heart, it was not that way from the beginning.
And I say to you, that whoever will have separated from his wife, except because of fornication, and who will have married another, commits adultery, and whoever will have married her who has been separated, commits adultery.”
His disciples said to him, “If such is the case for a man with a wife, then it is not expedient to marry.”