Mark 10:5

Mark 10:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
• New International Version (NIV)“It was because your hearts were hard that Moses wrote you this law,” Jesus replied.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And Jesus answered and said to them, “Because of the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
• New Living Translation (NLT)But Jesus responded, “He wrote this commandment only as a concession to your hard hearts.

Context of Mark 10:5

3He answered them, "What did Moses command you?" 4They said, "Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and to send her away." And Jesus said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. 6But from the beginning of creation, 'God made them male and female.' 7'Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife,

Mark 10:5 word by word

ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· πρὸς τὴν σκληροκαρδίαν ὑμῶν ἔγραψεν ὑμῖν τὴν ἐντολὴν ταύτην·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• Jesusὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• answeredἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
• and saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• unto themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• Forπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• the hardness ofσκληροκαρδίαsklērokardia · hardness of heartG4641
• yourσύsu · youG4771
• he wroteγράφωgraphō · to writeG1125
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• preceptἐντολήentolē · commandmentG1785

Cross-references for Mark 10:5

• Deuteronomy 9:6"Know, therefore, that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a stubborn people.
• Deuteronomy 31:27For I know how rebellious and stubborn you are. Behold, even today while I am yet alive with you, you have been rebellious against the Lord. How much more after my death!
• Nehemiah 9:16"But they and our fathers acted presumptuously and stiffened their neck and did not obey your commandments.
• Matthew 19:8He said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.
• Acts 7:51"You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you.
• Hebrews 3:7Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, "Today, if you hear his voice,

Commentaries on Mark 10:5

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-12Verses 1-12 See this question about divorce explained in the notes at Matthew 19:1-12. Mark 10:12 And if a woman shall put away her husband - It would seem, from this, that a woman, among the Jews, had the power of separating herself from her husband, yet this right is not given her by the law of Moses. There is not, however, any positive evidence that females often claimed or exercised this right. Cases had occurred, indeed, in which it had been done…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-9God allowed divorce because people’s hearts were hard, meaning they would not obey God. But the passages that Jesus quotes from the law of Moses show God’s true plan for marriage (Genesis 1:27; 2:23–24; see also Malachi 2:16). These passages show that God values marriage. In marriage, a man and woman form a new union, and the two become one. People should not go against God’s will by separating what God has joined together.Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 10:5

• Heart
• Jesus, the Christ
• Marriage
• Polygamy

In the dictionaries

• Jesus
• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
• Divorce
• Lordship
• Mock
• Ransom
• Resort
• Divorce in the New Testament
• Family
• Hard; Hardiness; Harddiness; Hardly

Commentaries on Mark 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings