Mark 10:5

3 “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.”

But Jesus told them, “Moses wrote this commandment for you because of your hardness of heart.

6 However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’

7 ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
But Jesus told them, “Moses wrote this commandment for you because of your hardness of heart.
KJV
And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
WEB
But Jesus said to them, “For your hardness of heart, he wrote you this commandment.
ASV
But Jesus said unto them, For your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.
DARBY
And Jesus answering said to them, In view of your hard-heartedness he wrote this commandment for you;
BLB
But Jesus said to them, “For your⁺ hardness of heart he wrote you⁺ this commandment;
ÅB
Men Jesus sa til dem: For deres hårde hjertes skyld har han skrevet dere dette bud.
OTB
Jesus sa til dem, “Det var på grunn av deres harde hjerter at han skrev denne befaling til dere.
B1930
Men Jesus sa til dem: For eders hårde hjertes skyld har han skrevet eder dette bud.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Matthew 19:8

    Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hardness of heart; but it was not this way from the beginning.

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  • Acts 7:51

    You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.

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  • Nehemiah 9:16–17

    But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments.

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  • Nehemiah 9:26

    But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.

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  • Hebrews 3:7–10

    Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,

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  • Deuteronomy 31:27

    For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are already rebelling against the LORD while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after my death!

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  • Deuteronomy 9:6

    Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the LORD your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people.

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