Mark 10:2

Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"

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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

1He arose from there and came into the borders of Judea and beyond the Jordan. Multitudes came together to him again. As he usually did, he was again teaching them.

3He answered, "What did Moses command you?"

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Cross References

Matthew 5:31"It was also said, 'Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,'

Matthew 15:12Then the disciples came, and said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended, when they heard this saying?"

Matthew 19:3The Pharisees came, testing him, and saying, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?"

Matthew 23:13"But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you do not enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter." [

Mark 8:15He warned them, saying, "Take heed: beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod."

Luke 6:7The scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an 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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