What KC did you use ? <| sep |> Not only do you misunderstand the teachings of the Lord and His Church by saying Doing this is adultery , He did not mean to say but adultery ' s fine with Me ! , you misunderstand the entire context of the passages . The pharisees were trying to call Him out on being stricter than Moses , not the other way around ! And it backfired when the Lord pointed out that divorce was not part of His plan and that He never gave permission for remarriage . The pharisees were not condemned for following the Law . They were condemned for their hypocrisy . You see , they loved the respect they received for their public piety . but they hated God when He walked among them The ones whom He criticized , anyway . I ' m sure some pharisees became disciples while the Lord walked among them . That hypocrisy can apply to unlawfulness as well , as it does in that passage , so long as they choose that unlawfulness for the sake of being respectable , rather than faithfully following God .