Matthew 19:5-8 Moreover he said, "For this cause a man is to leave his father and his mother, and cleave to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh;

Thomson⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵ Moreover he said, "For this cause a man is to leave his father and his mother, and cleave to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh; ⁶ so that they are no longer two but one flesh." Therefore what God hath conjoined, let not man separate. ⁷ They say to him, Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorce and dismiss her? ⁸ He saith to them, Because of your intractable disposition Moses permitted you to put away your wives; but it was not so from the beginning.