³¹ “Now it was said, ‘^(A)Whoever sends his wife away is to give her a certificate of divorce’;

⁷ They *said to Him, “^(A)Why, then, did Moses command to give her a certificate of divorce and send her away?” ⁸ He *said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart Moses permitted you to ^[a]divorce your wives; but from the beginning it has not been this way. ⁹ And I say to you, ^(B)whoever ^[b]divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman ^[c]commits adultery^[d].”

⁴ They said, “^(A)Moses permitted a man to write a ^[a]certificate of divorce and ^[b]send his wife away.” ⁵ But Jesus said to them, “^[c](B)Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.