Mark 10:2-9 Some Pharisees i.e., a strict sect of the Jewish religion came to Him and attempted to test Him by asking, “Is it permissible by the law of Moses for a man to divorce his wife?”

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ² Some Pharisees [i.e., a strict sect of the Jewish religion] came to Him [and attempted] to test Him by asking, “Is it permissible by the law of Moses for a man to divorce his wife?” ³ And He answered them, “What did Moses command you [to do]?” ⁴ They replied, “Moses allowed us to provide a legal divorce decree and [then] to divorce her.” ⁵ But Jesus said to them, “He wrote you this commandment [only] because of the rebellious spirit of you [Jews]. ⁶ But from the beginning of creation God made mankind male and female. ⁷ For this reason [i.e., since he made one woman for one man] a man will leave [the home of] his father and mother and will cling to his wife ⁸ and the two of them will [then] become one flesh [i.e., united in such a close relationship as to constitute one body], so that [upon becoming husband and wife] they no longer function as two persons but as one body. ⁹ Therefore, those whom God so joins together [in the marriage bond], no person must ever separate.”