Mark 10:1-12 NIV
1 Jesus then left that place and went into the
region of Judea and across the Jordan. Again crowds of people came
to him, and as was his custom, he taught them.
2 Some Pharisees came and tested him by asking, "Is it lawful
for a man to divorce his wife?"
3 "What did Moses command you?" he replied.
4 They said, "Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of
divorce and send her away."
5 "It was because your hearts were hard that Moses wrote you
this law," Jesus replied.
6 "But at the beginning of
creation God 'made them male and female.'
7 'For this reason a man will
leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,
8 and the two will become one
flesh.' So they are no longer two, but one.
9 Therefore what God has joined
together, let man not separate."
10 When they were in the house again, the disciples asked
Jesus about this.
11 He answered, "Anyone who
divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against
her.
12 And if she divorces her
husband and marries another man, she commits adultery."
