Mark 10:2
And approaching, the Pharisees questioned him, testing him: “Is it lawful for a man to dismiss his wife?”
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3But in response, he said to them, “What did Moses instruct you?”
Cross References
Matthew 5:31And it has been said: ‘Whoever would dismiss his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce.’
Matthew 15:12Then his disciples drew near and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees, upon hearing this word, were offended?”
Matthew 19:3And the Pharisees approached him, testing him, and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to separate from his wife, no matter what the cause?”
Matthew 23:13So then: Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! For you close the kingdom of heaven before men. For you yourselves do not enter, and those who are entering, you would not permit to enter.
Mark 8:15And he instructed them, saying: “Consider and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the leaven of Herod.”
Luke 6:7And the scribes and Pharisees observed whether he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might thereby 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 →