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2 aThe Pharisees came and asked Him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” testing Him.  
3 And He answered and said to them, “What did Moses command you?”
4 They said, a“Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce, and to dismiss her.”  
5 And Jesus answered and said to them, “Because of the hardness of your heart he wrote you this1 precept.  
6 But from the beginning of the creation, God a‘made them male and female.’  
7 a‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife,  
8 and the two shall become one flesh’; so then they are no longer two, but one flesh.
9 Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”
10 In the house His disciples also asked Him again about the same matter.
11 So He said to them, a“Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.  
12 And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”

Jesus Blesses Little Children

13 aThen they brought little children to Him, that He might touch them; but the disciples rebuked those who brought them.  
14 But when Jesus saw it, He was greatly displeased and said to them, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for aof such is the kingdom of God.  
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Mark 10:4

To write a bill of divorcement and to put her away (biblion apostasiou grayai kai apolusai). The word for "bill" (biblion) is a diminutive and means "little book," like the Latin libellus, from which comes our word libel (Vincent). Wycliff has it here "a libel of forsaking." This same point the Pharisees raise in Matthew 19:7, showing probably that they held to the liberal view of Hillel, easy divorce for almost any cause. That was the popular view as now. See on Matthew 19:7 for this and for discussion of "for your hardness of heart" (sklhrokardia). Jesus expounds the purpose of marriage (Genesis 2:24) and takes the stricter view of divorce, that of the school of Shammai. See on Matthew 19:1-12 for discussion. Mark 10:10 notes that the disciples asked Jesus about this problem "in the house" after they had gone away from the crowd.




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