Matthew 19:5-8 And He said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall be turned into one flesh’.

WPNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵ And He said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall be turned into one flesh’. ⁶ So then, they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God joined together let not man separate!” ⁷ They say to Him, “Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce and to dismiss her?” ⁸ He says to them: “Because of your hard-heartedness Moses permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.