16:14 The Pharisees 1 (who loved money) heard all this and ridiculed 2 him. 16:15 But 3 Jesus 4 said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in men’s eyes, 5 but God knows your hearts. For what is highly prized 6 among men is utterly detestable 7 in God’s sight.
16:16 “The law and the prophets were in force 8 until John; 9 since then, 10 the good news of the kingdom of God 11 has been proclaimed, and everyone is urged to enter it. 12 16:17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tiny stroke of a letter 13 in the law to become void. 14
16:18 “Everyone who divorces his wife and marries 15 someone else commits adultery, and the one who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.