Mark 10:4
And they said, Moses permitted to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
In Context
3And he answering said to them, What did Moses command you?
5And Jesus said to them, On account of your hardness of heart he wrote you this command.
Cross References
Jeremiah 3:1It is said, if a man put away his wife, And she go from him, and become another man's, Shall he return to her again? Shall not that land be polluted? But thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; And shalt thou return to me, saith Jehovah?
Matthew 5:31And it was said, “Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement.”
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 →