Mark 10:4
and they said, 'Moses suffered to write a bill of divorce, and to put away.'
Young's Literal Translation
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 answering said to them, 'What did Moses command you?'
5And Jesus answering said to them, 'For the stiffness of your heart he wrote you this command,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 24:1'When a man doth take a wife, and hath married her, and it hath been, if she doth not find grace in his eyes (for he hath found in her nakedness of anything), and he hath written for her a writing of divorce, and given [it] into her hand, and sent her out of his house,
Jeremiah 3:1Saying, 'Lo, one sendeth away his wife, And she hath gone from him, And she hath been to another man, Doth he turn back unto her again? Greatly defiled is not that land? And thou hast committed whoredom with many lovers, And turn again to Me, an affirmation of Jehovah.
Matthew 5:31'And it was said, That whoever may put away his wife, let him give to her a writing of divorce;
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 →