Mark 10:5
And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
King James Version
In Context
4And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
6But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 9:6Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people.
Nehemiah 9:16But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
Matthew 19:8He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
Hebrews 3:7Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,
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 →