Mark 10:4

They said: Moses permitted us to write a bill of divorce, and send her away.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.

In Context

3He said to them: What did Moses command you?

5Jesus answered and said to them: On account of the hardness of your heart, Moses wrote you this precept.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:31It hath been said, That if a man will put away his wife, he must give her a writing of divorcement.

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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