Mark 10:5
But having answered, Jesus said to them, For your hard heart he wrote for you this commandment.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
In Context
4And they said, Moses permitted to write a document of divorce, and to divorce her.
6But from the beginning of creation God made them male and female.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 9:6Know therefore, that LORD thy God does not give thee this good land to possess it for thy righteousness, for thou are a stiff-necked people.
Nehemiah 9:16But they and our fathers dealt proudly and stiffened their neck, and did not hearken to thy commandments,
Matthew 19:8He says to them, For your hard heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it did not happened this way.
Hebrews 3:7Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, Today if ye hear his voice,
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 →