World English Bible
"They asked him, "Why then did Moses command us to give her a bill of divorce, and divorce her?""
— Matthew 19:7, World English Bible
“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 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?”
He answered, "Haven't you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,
and said, 'For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall join to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?'
So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don't let man tear apart."
They asked him, "Why then did Moses command us to give her a bill of divorce, and divorce her?"
He said to them, "Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.
I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery."
His disciples said to him, "If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry."