Mark 10:2

Then some Pharisees approached to test Him and asked Him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce a wife?”

Family 35 New Testament

In The King James Version

And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.

In Context

1Then He set out from there and came into the borders of Judea, by way of the other side of the Jordan. Again, crowds gathered to Him, and as was His custom, He began to teach them once more.

3So in answer He said to them, “What did Moses command you?”

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Cross References

Matthew 5:31It was said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’

Matthew 15:12Then His disciples came and said to Him, “Do you know that upon hearing this saying the Pharisees were offended?”

Matthew 19:3The Pharisees also came to Him to test Him, saying to Him, “Is it permissible for a man to divorce his wife for just any cause?”

Matthew 23:13“Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you devour the houses of the widows, while making long prayers as a pretense. Therefore you will receive a greater condemnation.

Mark 8:15And He charged them, saying, “Watch out; beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”

Luke 6:7so the scribes and the Pharisees started watching, to see if He would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might 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 →

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