Mark 10:5
Jesus answered and said to them: On account of the hardness of your heart, Moses wrote you this precept.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
In Context
4They said: Moses permitted us to write a bill of divorce, and send her away.
6But, from the beginning, God made them a male and a female.
Cross References
Matthew 19:8He said to them: Moses, on account of the hardness of your heart, permitted you to divorce your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
Hebrews 3:7Because the Holy Spirit hath said: 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 →