Mark 10:5
Jesus said to them, “It was because your ancestors stubbornly wanted just what they desired that Moses wrote that law for your ancestors, and you are just like them!
Translation for Translators
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
Cross References
Deuteronomy 9:6I want you to know that it is not because you are righteous that Yahweh our God is giving you this good/fertile land. I say that because you are not righteous; you are a very stubborn [IDM] people.”
Nehemiah 9:16“But our ancestors were very proud and stubborn [IDM], and they did not do what you commanded them to do.
Matthew 19:8He said to them, “It was because your ancestors stubbornly wanted their own way that Moses allowed them to divorce their wives, and you are no different from them. But when God first [MTY] created a man and a woman, he did not intend for them to separate.
Hebrews 3:7The Holy Spirit caused the Psalmist to write these words in the Scriptures to the Israelites: Now, when you (pl) hear God speaking to you [MTY],
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 →