Mark 10:4
And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
In Context
3And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?
5But Jesus said unto them, For your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 24:1When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, then it shall be, if she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
Jeremiah 3:1They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? But thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.
Matthew 5:31It was said also, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him 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 →