1. And it came to be, when יהושע had ended these words, that He left Galil and came to the borders of Yehuḏah beyond the Yardĕn.
2. And large crowds followed Him, and He healed them there.
3. And the Pharisees came to Him, trying Him, and saying to Him, “Is it right for a man to put away his wife for every reason?”
4. And He answering, said to them, “Did you not read that He who made them at the beginning made them male and female,
5. and said, ‘For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?
6. “So that they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what Elohim has joined together, let man not separate.”
7. They said to Him, “Why then did Mosheh command to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away?”
8. He said to them, “Because of the hardness of your hearts, Mosheh allowed you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.
9. “And I say to you, whoever puts away his wife, except on the ground of whoring, and marries another, commits adultery. And whoever marries her who has been put away commits adultery.”
10. His taught ones said to Him, “If such is the case of the man with his wife, it is good not to marry.”