Mark 10:2-12
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1And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judea by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again.Select Mark 10:1
2And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.Select Mark 10:2
3And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?Select Mark 10:3
4And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.Select Mark 10:4
5And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.Select Mark 10:5
6But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.Select Mark 10:6
7For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;Select Mark 10:7
8And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.Select Mark 10:8
9What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.Select Mark 10:9
10And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same matter.Select Mark 10:10
11And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.Select Mark 10:11
12And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.Select Mark 10:12
13And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.Select Mark 10:13
14But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.Select Mark 10:14
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10:2 Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”
10:3 He answered, “What did Moses command you?”
10:4 They said, “Moses allowed a certificate of divorce to be written, and to divorce her.”
10:5 But Jesus said to them, “For your hardness of heart, he wrote you this commandment.
10:6 But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female.
10:7 For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife,
10:8 and the two will become one flesh,so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.
10:9 What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.”
10:10 In the house, his disciples asked him again about the same matter.
10:11 He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her.
10:12 If a woman herself divorces her husband, and marries another, she commits adultery.”
ASV
10:2 And there came unto him Pharisees, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? trying him.
10:3 And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?
10:4 And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
10:5 But Jesus said unto them, For your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.
10:6 But from the beginning of the creation, Male and female made he them.
10:7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife;
10:8 and the two shall become one flesh: so that they are no more two, but one flesh.
10:9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
10:10 And in the house the disciples asked him again of this matter.
10:11 And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her:
10:12 and if she herself shall put away her husband, and marry another, she committeth adultery.
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