19 When Yeshua had finished saying these things, he left Galilee and went to the Yudean regions on the other side of the Yordan River, 2 and large crowds followed him, and he healed them.

3 Some people from the Pharisees’ party approached him to test him by asking, “Is there any cause for which a man can dismiss his wife?”

4 “Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that God made them male and female from the beginning?[ref] 5 And then how he said, ‘A man will leave his parents and be joined together with his wife, and then the two of them will be a single body’?[ref] 6 So then, they’re no longer two but are now one body, therefore don’t let any person separate what God has joined together.”

7 “So why did Mosheh allow us to give her divorce papers and then send her away?” they asked him.[ref]

8 “It was because of your hard hearts that Mosheh allowed you to send away your wife,” Yeshua answered, “but it wasn’t like that at the beginning. 9 Now I’m telling you that anyone who divorces his wife, except in the case of sexual immorality, and then remarries, is responsible for sexual cheating. Also, if the woman who was sent away remarries, then she’s responsible for cheating, too.[ref]

10 His followers made the point, “If that’s the case for husband and wife, it’s better not to get married.”

11 “Not everyone can accept this,” Yeshua responded, “but only those with a special gift. 12 There are some men who are born without testicles, right from their mother’s womb, there are some who’ve been castrated by others, and there are some who castrate themselves because of the heavenly kingdom. Anyone who’s able to accept this can accept it.”