Mark 10:3
1 Then Jesus left that place and went into the region of Judea, beyond the Jordan. Again the crowds came to Him and He taught them, as was His custom.
2 Some Pharisees came to test Him. “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” they inquired.
“What did Moses command you?” He replied.
4 They answered, “Moses permitted a man to write his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away.”
5 But Jesus told them, “Moses wrote this commandment for you because of your hardness of heart.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “What did Moses command you?” He replied.
- KJV
- And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?
- WEB
- He answered, “What did Moses command you?”
- ASV
- And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?
- DARBY
- But he answering said to them, What did Moses command you?
- BLB
- And answering, He said to them, “What did Moses command you⁺?”
- ÅB
- Han svarte og sa til dem: Hva har Moses foreskrevet dere?
- OTB
- Han svarte, “Hva befalte Moses dere?”
- B1930
- Han svarte og sa til dem: Hvad har Moses foreskrevet eder?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Galatians 4:21
Tell me, you who want to be under the law, do you not understand what the law says?
Read in contextIsaiah 8:20
To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
Read in contextJohn 5:39
You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,
Read in contextLuke 10:25
One day an expert in the law stood up to test Him. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
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