Mark 10:4
They said, “Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and then to send her away.”
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
In Context
3He answered, “What did Moses command you?”
5“It was because of your hard hearts that he wrote you this law,” Jesus said to them.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 24:1When a man takes a wife and marries her, if she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some unsuitable thing in her, then he must write her a certificate of divorce, put it into her hand, and send her out of his house.
Jeremiah 3:1“If a man divorces his wife and she goes from him and becomes another man's wife, 1 will he return to her again? Would that land not be greatly polluted? 1 You have lived as a prostitute who has many lovers; and would you return to me?—this is Yahweh's declaration. 1
Matthew 5:31It was also said, 'Whoever sends his wife away, 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 →