Mark 10:2

And the Pharisees having come forward asked Him, If it is lawful for a man to send away his wife? tempting Him.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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

1Rising up thence He comes into the coasts of Judea, through the region beyond the Jordan; and the multitudes again come to Him, and, as was His custom, He again taught them.

3And He responding said to them, What did Moses command you?

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Cross References

Matthew 5:31And it was said, Whosoever may send away his wife, let him give her a divorcement.

Matthew 15:12Then His disciples having come to Him say, Do you not know that the Pharisees hearing your word, were offended?

Matthew 19:3And the Pharisees came to Him, tempting Him, and saying to Him; Is it lawful for a man to send away his wife for any cause?

Matthew 23:13But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you shut up the kingdom of the heavens against the people: for you do not go in, neither do you permit those coming in to enter.

Mark 8:15And He commanded them, saying, See, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.

Luke 6:7And the scribes and Pharisees were watching Him, if He will heal him on the Sabbath, in order that they may find accusation against 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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