Matthew 19:8

8 "Moses," He replied, "in consideration of the hardness of your nature permitted you to put away your wives, but it has not been so from the beginning.

Matthew 19:8 In-Context

6 Thus they are no longer two, but `one'! What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate."
7 "Why then," said they, "did Moses command the husband to give her `a written notice of divorce,' and so put her away?"
8 "Moses," He replied, "in consideration of the hardness of your nature permitted you to put away your wives, but it has not been so from the beginning.
9 And I tell you that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except her unfaithfulness, and marries another woman, commits adultery."
10 "If this is the case with a man in relation to his wife," said the disciples to Him, "it is better not to marry."
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