Mark 10:2

On Divorce

¹ Then Jesus left that place and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan River. Again crowds gathered to him, and again, as was his custom, he taught them. ² Then some Pharisees came, and to test him they asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?" ³ He answered them, "What did Moses command you?"

Is It Lawful

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John 8:6

(Now they were asking this in an attempt to trap him, so that they could bring charges against him.) Jesus bent down and wrote on the ground with his finger.

Malachi 2:16

"I hate divorce," says the Lord God of Israel, "and the one who is guilty of violence," says the Lord who rules over all. "Pay attention to your conscience, and do not be unfaithful."

Matthew 5:31-32

"It was said, 'Whoever divorces his wife must give her a legal document.'

Matthew 9:34

But the Pharisees said, "By the ruler of demons he casts out demons."

Matthew 15:12

Then the disciples came to him and said, "Do you know that when the Pharisees heard this saying they were offended?"

Matthew 16:1

Now when the Pharisees and Sadducees came to test Jesus, they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

Matthew 19:3

Then some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful to divorce a wife for any cause?"

Matthew 22:35

And one of them, an expert in religious law, asked him a question to test him:

Matthew 23:13

"But woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You keep locking people out of the kingdom of heaven! For you neither enter nor permit those trying to enter to go in.

Mark 8:11

Then the Pharisees came and began to argue with Jesus, asking for a sign from heaven to test him.

Mark 8:15

And Jesus ordered them, "Watch out! Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod!"

Luke 5:30

But the Pharisees and their experts in the law complained to his disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?"

Luke 6:7

The experts in the law and the Pharisees watched Jesus closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they could find a reason to accuse him.

Luke 7:30

However, the Pharisees and the experts in religious law rejected God's purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.)

Luke 11:39

But the Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.

Luke 11:53-54

When he went out from there, the experts in the law and the Pharisees began to oppose him bitterly, and to ask him hostile questions about many things,

Luke 16:14

The Pharisees (who loved money) heard all this and ridiculed him.

John 7:32

The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things about Jesus, so the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.

John 7:48

None of the rulers or the Pharisees have believed in him, have they?

John 11:47

So the chief priests and the Pharisees called the council together and said, "What are we doing? For this man is performing many miraculous signs.

John 11:57

(Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where Jesus was should report it, so that they could arrest him.)

1 Corinthians 7:10-11

To the married I give this command -- not I, but the Lord -- a wife should not divorce a husband

1 Corinthians 10:9

And let us not put Christ to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by snakes.