Mark 10:5

And Jesus answered, and said to them, For the hardness of your heart (s) Moses wrote to you this commandment [or this precept].

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 (us) to write a libel of forsaking, and to forsake. (And they said, Moses allowed us to write a bill of forsaking, or a notice of divorce, and then we be able to forsake, or to leave, a woman.)

6But from the beginning of creature (s), (or But from the beginning of Creation), God made them male and female;

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 9:6Therefore know thou that not for thy rightwisenesses thy Lord God hath given to thee this best land into possession, since thou art a people of most hard noll. (And so know thou that the Lord thy God hath not given thee this best land for a possession because of thy own righteousness, since thou art a most stubborn, or a stiff-necked, people.)

Nehemiah 9:16But they and our fathers did proudly, and made hard their nolls, and heard not thy commandments. (But they, our forefathers, did proudly, and were stiff-necked, or stubborn, and would not obey thy commandments.)

Matthew 19:8And he said to them, For Moses, for the hardness of your heart (s), suffered you to leave your wives, (or It was because of the hardness of your hearts, that Moses allowed you to leave your wives); but from the beginning it was not so.

Hebrews 3:7Wherefore as the Holy Ghost saith (or And so as the Holy Spirit said), Today, if ye have heard 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 →

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