Mark 10:4

Good News Translation

Their answer was, “Moses gave permission for a man to write a divorce notice and send his wife away.”

Cross References

Isaiah 50:1

The Lord says, “Do you think I sent my people away like a man who divorces his wife? Where, then, are the papers of divorce? Do you think I sold you into captivity like a man who sells his children as slaves? No, you went away captive because of your sins; you were sent away because of your crimes.

Jeremiah 3:1

The Lord says, “If a man divorces his wife, and she leaves him and becomes another man's wife, he cannot take her back again. This would completely defile the land. But, Israel, you have had many lovers, and now you want to return to me!

Matthew 1:19

Joseph was a man who always did what was right, but he did not want to disgrace Mary publicly; so he made plans to break the engagement privately.

Matthew 19:7

The Pharisees asked him, “Why, then, did Moses give the law for a man to hand his wife a divorce notice and send her away?”

Mark 10:3

Jesus answered with a question, “What law did Moses give you?”