1. Then Jesus left that place, went to the province of Judea, and crossed the River Jordan. Crowds came flocking to him again, and he taught them, as he always did.
2. Some Pharisees came to him and tried to trap him. “Tell us,” they asked, “does our Law allow a man to divorce his wife?”
3. Jesus answered with a question, “What law did Moses give you?”
4. Their answer was, “Moses gave permission for a man to write a divorce notice and send his wife away.”
5. Jesus said to them, “Moses wrote this law for you because you are so hard to teach.