1. Jesus left that place and went beyond the Jordan and into the region of Judea. Crowds gathered around him again and, as usual, he taught them.
2. Some Pharisees came and, trying to test him, they asked, "Does the Law allow a man to divorce his wife?"
3. Jesus answered, "What did Moses command you?"
4. They said, "Moses allowed a man to write a divorce certificate and to divorce his wife."
5. Jesus said to them, "He wrote this commandment for you because of your unyielding hearts.
6. At the beginning of creation, God made them male and female.