“The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?”
And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking: is it lawful to divorce one's wife for any cause? The divorce question is a test: the Greek for any cause reflects the famous first-century debate between the school of Shammai (divorce only for sexual immorality) and the school of Hillel (divorce for any reason). Jesus is being asked to take sides in an existing rabbinic controversy — and his answer will transcend both sides.
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