Section 25:34-39 (corresponding to Matt. 19:7-9; Mark 10:11-12)
"Why then did Moses," the Pharisees asked,
"Grant his approval to just such an act?"
"Because your hearts are hard," Jesus replied,
"And God's approved way you could not abide.
God ordained marriage at first, not divorce,
So to break its bonds breaks God's own accord.
Hear what I say when I speak to you now,"
Said Jesus to them and to the whole crowd,
"If any man, then, should divorce his wife,
The woman to whom he has bound his life,
And marries another woman instead,
Adultery's charge he brings on their heads.
Or if it's the woman who leaves her spouse,
To go off and marry anyone else,
Adultery she commits just the same,
By breaking the union God has ordained."