Catholic Public Domain Version
"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. "
— Matthew 19:8, Catholic Public Domain Version
“He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.”
“He saith unto them, Moses for your hardness of heart suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it hath not been so. ”
“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.”
“Jesus said to them,“Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hard hearts, but from the beginning it was not this way.”
“He saith to them: Because Moses by reason of the hardness of your heart permitted you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.”
“He says to them, Moses, because of your hard hearts, let you put away your wives: but it has not been so from the first.”
“He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.”
“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.”
And he said to them: “Not everyone is able to grasp this word, but only those to whom it has been given.