Note 11 at Mk. 10:6: Although polygamy was practiced by some of the great men of the Old Testament (Examples: Abraham [Gen. 21:9-10]; Moses [Ex. 2:21-22 with Num. 12:1]; Elkanah [1 Sam. 1:2,6]; David [1 Chr. 3:1-9]; Solomon [1 Ki. 11:1-8]), it was never God's will for man as can be seen by Jesus' answer here. Jesus' answer not only provided instruction on divorce and remarriage, but along with 1 Timothy 3:2 and Titus 1:6, it countered the concept of polygamy which was prevalent in that day. This clarification, that God only made one male and one female for each other, has been so effective that Christianity as a whole has embraced this teaching since the first century.