Mark 10:5
And Jesus answered and said to them, “In view of your hardheartedness he wrote this commandment for you.
English Majority Text (NT)
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 said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce, and to put her away.”
6But from the beginning of the creation, God ‘ made them male and female.’
Cross References
Matthew 19:8He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been this way.
Hebrews 3:7Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says: 1 “ Today, if you will hear His voice, 1
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 →