Matthew 19:5-8 said, Hence a man shall leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and the pair shall be one flesh?

Moffatt⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵ said, Hence a man shall leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and the pair shall be one flesh? ⁶ So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What God has joined, then, man must not separate." ⁷ They said to him, "Then why did Moses lay it down that we were to divorce by giving a separation-notice?" ⁸ He said to them, "Moses permitted you to divorce your wives, on account of the hardness of your hearts, but it was not so from the beginning.