Mark 10:4

The Passion Translation

They replied, “Moses permitted us to write a certificate of separation that would be valid to complete a divorce.”

Cross References

Isaiah 50:1

Yahweh asks, “Have I abandoned you? Can you show me your mother’s divorce papers that prove I sent her away? Do you think I sold you into slavery to pay off a debt? No, you sold yourselves into slavery because of your sins, and because of your rebellion I sent your mother away!

Jeremiah 3:1

Here’s what Yahweh says: “If a man divorces his wife and she marries another, would he return to her again? Doing that would thoroughly defile the land. And you, Israel, have prostituted yourself with many lovers, yet now you want to come back to me? I, Yahweh, have spoken.

Matthew 1:19

Her fiancé, Joseph, was a righteous man full of integrity and he didn’t want to disgrace her, but when he learned of her pregnancy he secretly planned to break the engagement.

Matthew 19:7

They responded, “So then why did Moses command us to give a certificate of divorce and it would be lawful?”

Mark 10:3

He answered them, “What did Moses command you?”