He* said to them,“ Because of your hardness of heart Moses permitted you to divorce your wives; but from the beginning it has not been this way.

耶稣说：“摩西因为你们的心硬，所以许你们休妻，但起初并不是这样。

耶稣说：“摩西因为你们的心硬，所以准许你们休妻，但起初并不是这样。

耶稣说：“摩西因为你们的心硬，所以准许你们休妻，但起初并不是这样。

耶稣说：“因为摩西知道你们铁石心肠，所以才准你们休妻。但起初并不是这样。

他说：“摩西因为你们的心硬，才准许你们休妻，但起初并不是这样。

耶稣对他们说：“摩西因着你们的心里刚硬，才准许你们休妻，但并不是从起初就这样的。

耶穌說：「摩西因為你們的心硬，所以許你們休妻，但起初並不是這樣。

耶穌說：「摩西因為你們的心硬，所以准許你們休妻，但起初並不是這樣。

耶穌說：「摩西因為你們的心硬，所以准許你們休妻，但起初並不是這樣。

耶穌說：「因為摩西知道你們鐵石心腸，所以才准你們休妻。但起初並不是這樣。

他說：“摩西因為你們的心硬，才准許你們休妻，但起初並不是這樣。

耶穌對他們說：『是為着你們的硬心、摩西才准許離婚的；從起初卻不是這樣。

耶穌對他們說：「摩西因著你們的心裡剛硬，才准許你們休妻，但並不是從起初就這樣的。

曰、摩西以爾心頑、許爾出妻、但元始不然、

曰、摩西以爾心忍、容爾出妻、但元始不然、

曰、摩西因爾心忍、容爾出妻、但元始則不然、

對曰：『摩西以汝心如鐵石、姑容出妻、非自始已然。

Jesus replied,“ Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning.

Jesus replied,“ Moses let you divorce your wives because you were stubborn. But it was not this way from the beginning.

He said to them,“ Because of your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.

Jesus replied,“ Moses permitted divorce only as a concession to your hard hearts, but it was not what God had originally intended.

He told them,“ Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of the hardness of your hearts, but it was not like that from the beginning.

He said to them,“ Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.

He saith unto them, Moses for your hardness of heart suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it hath not been so.

He told them,“ Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of the hardness of your hearts. But it was not like that from the beginning.

He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

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

He said to them,“ Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.

And this is another thing you do: you cover the altar of the Lord with tears, with weeping and sighing, because He no longer gives attention to the offering or accepts it with favor from your hand.Yet you say,“ For what reason?” Because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your marriage companion and your wife by covenant.

This is what the Lord says:“ Stand by the ways and see and ask for the ancient paths, Where the good way is, and walk in it; Then you will find a resting place for your souls. But they said,‘ We will not walk in it.’

For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.

Then Noah and his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives with him entered the ark because of the waters of the flood.

But Jesus, answering, said to him,“ Allow it at this time; for in this way it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he* allowed Him.

Do not harden your hearts as at Meribah, As on the day of Massah in the wilderness,

They also made their hearts as hard as a diamond so that they could not hear the Law and the words which the Lord of armies had sent by His Spirit through the former prophets; therefore great wrath came from the Lord of armies.

But Jesus said to them,“ Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.

And the demons begged Him, saying,“ If You are going to cast us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”

But this I say by way of concession, not of command.