Mark 10:2

And the Pharisees having approached, they demanded of him if it is permitted for a man to divorce a wife, testing him.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.

In Context

1And having risen from there, he comes into the borders of Judea through the other side of the Jordan. And multitudes come together to him again, and, as he has practiced, he taught them again.

3And having answered, he said to them, What did Moses command you?

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Cross References

Matthew 5:31And it was said, Whoever may divorce his wife, let him give her a divorce certificate.

Matthew 15:12Then having come near, his disciples said to him, Know thou that the Pharisees were offended when they heard the saying?

Matthew 19:3And Pharisees came to him, trying him, and saying to him, Is it permitted for a man to divorce his wife for every cause?

Matthew 23:13Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye close up the kingdom of the heavens ahead of men. For ye enter not in, nor do ye allow those who are entering to enter in.

Mark 8:15And he commanded them, saying, Take heed, watch for the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.

Luke 6:7And the scholars and the Pharisees watched if he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might find an accusation against him.

Matthew Henry on Mark 10:2-13

The Doctrine of Divorce. 1 And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judæa by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again. 2 And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him. 3 And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you? 4 And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away. 5 And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of… Read the whole commentary →

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