1. He set out from there and went into the district of Judea [and] across the Jordan. Again crowds gathered around him and, as was his custom, he again taught them.
2. The Pharisees approached and asked, “Is it lawful for a husband to divorce his wife?” They were testing him.
3. He said to them in reply, “What did Moses command you?”
4. They replied, “Moses permitted him to write a bill of divorce and dismiss her.”