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Mark 10:2
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Marriage and Divorce

1 Then aHe arose from there and came to the region of Judea by the other side of the Jordan. And multitudes gathered to Him again, and as He was accustomed, He taught them again.  
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.  
Verse Comparison: Mark 10:2

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American Standard Version
And there came unto him Pharisees, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away `his' wife? trying him.

Amplified® Bible
And some Pharisees came up, and, in order to test Him {and} try to find a weakness in Him, asked, Is it lawful for a man to dismiss {and} repudiate {and} divorce his wife?

Contemporary English Version
Some Pharisees wanted to test Jesus. So they came up to him and asked if it was right for a man to divorce his wife.

Darby English Version
And Pharisees coming to [him] asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away [his] wife? (tempting him).

Good News Bible
Some Pharisees came to him and tried to trap him. "Tell us," they asked, "does our Law allow a man to divorce his wife?"

International Standard Version
Some Pharisees came to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"

King James Version
And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.

New American Standard Bible
{Some} Pharisees came up to Jesus, testing Him, and {began} to question Him whether it was lawful for a man to divorce a wife.

New International Version
Some Pharisees came and tested him by asking, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"

New King James Version
The Pharisees came and asked Him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” testing Him.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Some Pharisees came up to Jesus, testing Him, and began to question Him whether He deemed it lawful for a man to divorce a wife.

Young's Literal Translation
And the Pharisees, having come near, questioned him, if it is lawful for a husband to put away a wife, tempting him,


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