The disciples said to Him, “If that’s the case for a man and his wife, it’s better not to marry!”
They forbid people to marry; they command people to abstain from foods that God created for the faithful to share with thanksgiving, having come to know the truth.
But I say to the unmarried and to widows that it is good for them to remain as I am.
It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome, worrisome wife.
It is better to live on a corner of a roof than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.
Whoever finds a wife finds good, and receives favor from Adonai.
Then Adonai Elohim said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. Let Me make a well-matched helper for him.”
Now I tell you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.”
But He said to them, “Not everyone can accept this saying—only those to whom it has been given.