3 And Pharisees came to Jesus, testing Him and asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for just any reason?”

The Pharisees came to provoke him and prove him. They harassed him, trying to show him to be against the system of the Law of Moses. They presented him with a problem that was as difficult then as it is precisely at present, and it is an equally hot issue for Christians of our time.