Matthew 19:5

19:5 and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? ¹ 

Matthew 19:8

19:8 Jesus ²  said to them, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hard hearts, ³  but from the beginning it was not this way.

¹ sn A quotation from Gen 2:24.

² tc A few important mss (א Φ pc) have the name “Jesus” here, but it is probably not original. Nevertheless, this translation routinely specifies the referents of pronouns to improve clarity, so that has been done here.

³ tn Grk “heart” (a collective singular).