Mark 10:1-12
And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judæa by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again.
2 And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him. 3 And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?
4 And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away. 5 And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept. 6 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; 8 and they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. 10 And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same matter. 11 And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
12 And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
A SINISTER MOTIVE
PLACE where they Confronted Him.
Mark 1:1
And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judæa by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again.
The POPULUS View
Matthew 19:3
3 The Pharisees also came to Him, testing Him, and saying to Him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife FOR JUST ANY REASON?”
Nehemiah 13:23
23 In those days I also saw Jews who had married women of Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
24 And half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod, and could not speak the language of Judah, but spoke according to the language of one or the other people.
Nehemiah 13:25
25 So I contended with them and cursed them,
struck some of them and pulled out their hair,
and made them swear by God, saying,
“You shall not give your daughters as wives to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons or yourselves.
Nehemiah 13:26-27
26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? Yet among many nations there was no king like him, who was beloved of his God; and God made him king over all Israel. Nevertheless pagan women caused even him to sin.
27 Should we then hear of your doing all this great evil, transgressing against our God by marrying pagan women?”
Their PURPOSE
Mark 10:2
2 And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.
Mark 10:3
And He answered and said to them, “What did Moses command you?”
Mark 10:4
They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce, and to dismiss her.
Mark 10:5
5 And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
A SCRIPTURAL MESSAGE
Mark 10:6
6 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
Mark 10:7
7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
Mark 10:8
8 and they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
Mark 10:9
9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.