Matthew 19:4-8 And he answering said to them, 'Did you not read, that He who made them, from the beginning a male and a female made them,

RYLT⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁴ And he answering said to them, 'Did you not read, that He who made them, from the beginning a male and a female made them, ⁵ and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall be -- the two -- for one flesh? ⁶ So that they are no more two, but one flesh; what therefore God did join together, let no man put asunder.' ⁷ They say to him, 'Why then did Moses command to give a roll of divorce, and to put her away?' ⁸ He said to them -- 'Moses for your stiffness of heart did permit you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.