Mark 10:4
Who said: Moses permitted to write a bill of divorce, and to put her away.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
In Context
3But he answering, saith to them: What did Moses command you?
5To whom Jesus answering, said: Because of the hardness of your heart he wrote you that precept.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 24:1If a man take a wife, and have her, and she find not favour in his eyes, for some uncleanness: he shall write a bill of divorce, and shall give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
Jeremiah 3:1It is commonly said: If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and marry another man, shall he return to her any more? shall not that woman be polluted, and defiled? but thou hast prostituted thyself to many lovers: nevertheless return to me, saith the Lord, and I will receive thee.
Matthew 5:31And it hath been said, Whoseoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce.
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 →