Mark 10:5
But Jesus told them, “Moses wrote this commandment for you because of your hardness of heart.
Berean Standard Bible
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
4They answered, “Moses permitted a man to write his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away.”
6However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’
Cross References
Deuteronomy 9:6Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the LORD your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people.
Nehemiah 9:16But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments.
Matthew 19:8Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hardness of heart; but it was not this way from the beginning.
Hebrews 3:7Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you 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 →