19 When Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) had finished saying these things, he left Galil and went to the Yehudah (Judea) regions on the other side of the Yarden (Jordan) River, 2 and large crowds followed him, and he healed them.

3 Some people from the Farisaios’ 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 (Moses) 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 (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) 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.”

10 Then Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) left Kafarnaoum (Capernaum) and went down to the Yehudah (Judea) area and across the Yarden (Jordan) river. Again the crowds followed him, and he taught them just like he usually did.

2 Some from the Farisaios party approached Yeshua to check him out and asked, “Does the law allow a husband to dismiss his wife?”

3 “Well, what law did Mosheh (Moses) give to you all?” he asked.

4 They answered, “Mosheh said that a husband is allowed to write a statement of divorce and dismiss his wife with it.”[ref]

5 “Yes, he wrote that law,” Yeshua responded, “because he saw your stubborn desires, 6 but God made both men and women right at the beginning.[ref] 7 As a result, a man leaves his parents and joins together with his wife[ref] 8 and the couple become a single unit. So there’s no longer two of them, but only one. 9 So if it’s God who joins them together like that, no person has the authority to separate them.”

10 Back in the house again, his apprentices asked about that, 11 and Yeshua told them, “Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another person, commits adultery towards his wife.”[ref] 12 And likewise, if the wife divorces her husband and marries another person, she’s committing adultery towards her husband.”