Mark 10:2-12

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2} Some Pharisees came up to Jesus, testing Him, and began to question Him whether it was lawful for a man to ^(a)divorce a wife. ^{Tools
3} And He answered and said to them, “What did Moses command you?” ^{Tools
4} They said, “^(A)Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and ^(b)send her away.” ^{Tools
5} But Jesus said to them, “^(c)^(B)Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. ^{Tools
6} But ^(C)from the beginning of creation, God ^(D)made them male and female. ^{Tools
7} ^(E)For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother^(d), ^{Tools
8} ^(F)and the two shall become one flesh; so they are no longer two, but one flesh. ^{Tools
9} What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.”

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10} In the house the disciples began questioning Him about this again. ^{Tools
11} And He *said to them, “^(G)Whoever ^(e)divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her; ^{Tools
12} and ^(H)if she herself ^(f)divorces her husband and marries another man, she is committing adultery.”

Footnotes:

a. Mark 10:2: ['Or ', send away]

b. Mark 10:4: ['Or ', divorce, ' her']

c. Mark 10:5: ['Or ', With reference to]

d. Mark 10:7: ['Many late mss add ', and shall cling to his wife]

e. Mark 10:11: ['Or ', sends away]

f. Mark 10:12: ['Or ', sends away]

Cross references:

A. Mark 10:4: Deuteronomy 24:1; Deuteronomy 24:3; Matthew 5:31

B. Mark 10:5: Matthew 19:8

C. Mark 10:6: Mark 13:19; 2 Peter 3:4

D. Mark 10:6: Genesis 1:27; Genesis 5:2

E. Mark 10:7: Genesis 2:24

F. Mark 10:8: Genesis 2:24

G. Mark 10:11: Matthew 5:32

H. Mark 10:12: 1 Corinthians 7:11; 1 Corinthians 7:13