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He answered them, What did Moses command you?

They replied, Moses allowed a man to write a bill of divorce and to put her away.(A)

But Jesus said to them, Because of your hardness of heart [[a]your condition of insensibility to the call of God] he wrote you this [b]precept in your Law.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 10:5 Henry Swete, The Gospel According to Saint Mark.
  2. Mark 10:5 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.

“What did Moses command you?” he replied.

They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.”(A)

“It was because your hearts were hard(B) that Moses wrote you this law,” Jesus replied.

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