5"It was because your hearts were hard that Moses wrote you this law," Jesus replied.


In Context

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

3 "What did Moses command you?" he replied.

4 They said, "Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away."

5 "It was because your hearts were hard that Moses wrote you this law," Jesus replied.

6 "But at the beginning of creation God 'made them male and female.'

7 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,

Mark 10:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:5And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:5To whom Jesus answering, said: Because of the hardness of your heart he wrote you that precept.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:5But Jesus said unto them, For your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:5And Jesus answering said to them, In view of your hard-heartedness he wrote this commandment for you;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:5But Jesus said unto them, For your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:5And Jesus answered and said to them, For the hardness of your heart, he wrote you this precept.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:5But Jesus said to them, |For your hardness of heart, he wrote you this commandment.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:5And Jesus answering said to them, 'For the stiffness of your heart he wrote you this command,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:5And Jesus answered and said to them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.