This is what the Lord says: Where is your mother’s divorce certificate that I used to send her away? Or to which of my creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and your mother was sent away because of your transgressions.
Mark 10:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised They said, ‘Moses permitted us to write divorce papers and send her away.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They replied, Moses allowed a man to write a bill of divorce and to put her away. [Deut. 24:1-4.] American Standard Version (1901) And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away. Common English Bible They said, “Moses allowed a man to write a divorce certificate and to divorce his wife.” Catholic Public Domain Version And they said, "Moses gave permission to write a bill of divorce and to dismiss her." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who said: Moses permitted to write a bill of divorce, and to put her away. |
This is what the Lord says: Where is your mother’s divorce certificate that I used to send her away? Or to which of my creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and your mother was sent away because of your transgressions.
If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Wouldn’t such a land become totally defiled? But you! You have prostituted yourself with many partners – can you return to me? This is the Lord’s declaration.
So her husband, Joseph, being a righteous man, and not wanting to disgrace her publicly, decided to divorce her secretly.
‘Why then,’ they asked him, ‘did Moses command us to give divorce papers and to send her away? ’