Mark 10:5
And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
Updated King James Version
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
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 your God gives you not this good land to possess it for your righteousness; for you are a stubborn people.
Nehemiah 9:16But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to your commandments,
Matthew 19:8He says 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 Spirit (o. pneuma) says, To day if all of you 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 →