Mark 10:4

They said, “Moses permitted one to write a certificate of divorce and to put away.”

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In The King James Version

And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.

In Context

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

5Jesus answered and said to them: “It was due to your hardness of heart that he wrote you this precept.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:31It was said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate 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 →

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