Key Verse Spotlight
Mark 10:4 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
"And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put {her} away."
Mark 10:4
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away {his} wife? tempting him.
And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?
And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put {her} away.
And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
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Mark 10:1
"And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judaea by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again."
Mark 10:2
"And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away {his} wife? tempting him."
Mark 10:3
"And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?"
Mark 10:5
"And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept."
Mark 10:6
"But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female."
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