Mark 10:4

New International Reader's Version

They said, “Moses allowed a man to write a letter of divorce and send her away.”

Cross References

Isaiah 50:1

The Lord says to the people in Jerusalem, “Do you think I divorced your people who lived before you? Is that why I sent them away? If it is, show me the letter of divorce. I did not sell you into slavery to pay someone I owe. You were sold because you sinned against me. Your people were sent away because of their lawless acts.

Jeremiah 3:1

“Suppose a man divorces his wife. What if she then marries another man? Should her first husband return to her again? If he does, won’t the land become completely ‘unclean’? People of Israel, you have lived like a prostitute. You have loved many other gods. So do you think you can return to me now?” announces the Lord.

Matthew 1:19

Her husband Joseph was faithful to the law. But he did not want to put her to shame in public. So he planned to divorce her quietly.

Matthew 19:7

They asked, “Then why did Moses command that a man can give his wife a letter of divorce and send her away?”

Mark 10:3

“What did Moses command you?” he replied.