This record of God's creation of man and woman and their union should have told them the answer to their question. From the beginning God made male and female and united them as one. Anything that would break this union would be a violation of God's original plan. It is a man and a woman who submit to be joined, but it is God who bonds the marriage covenant. The courts of our nation state all kinds of conditions for the marriage union to be broken.
Some preachers declare there are many reason for breaking the marriage bond.
But it is God that joins man and woman in this holy union and only He has the authority to allow and state an exception to this lifetime bond. Jesus reminded them that this was not a command, but only something God permitted them to do because of the hardness of their heart. To divorce and remarry for any other reason is to be guilty of adultery. Jesus stated the truth concerning marriage in a way that should not be misunderstood. If men and women enter into marriage with this understanding they will have happier, fulfilling , and lasting marriages.