Mark 10:2

Then Pharisees came to him to test him and asked, “Is it lawful for a husband to divorce his wife?”

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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

1Jesus left that place and went to the region of Judea and to the area beyond the Jordan River, and the crowds came to him again. He was teaching them again, as he was accustomed to do.

3He answered, “What did Moses command you?”

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Cross References

Matthew 5:31It was also said, 'Whoever sends his wife away, let him give her a certificate of divorce.'

Matthew 15:12Then the disciples came and said to Jesus, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this statement?”

Matthew 19:3Pharisees came to him, testing him, saying to him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause?”

Matthew 23:13But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven against people. For you do not enter it yourselves, and neither do you allow those about to enter to do so.

Mark 8:15He warned them and said, “Keep watch and be on guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.”

Luke 6:7The scribes and the Pharisees were watching him closely to see whether he would heal someone on the Sabbath, so that they might find a reason to accuse 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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