Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
And Jesus answering said to them, 'For the stiffness of your heart he wrote you this command,
New American Standard Bible
But Jesus said to them,
King James Version
And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
Holman Bible
But Jesus told them,
International Standard Version
But Jesus told them, "It was because of your hardness of heart that he wrote this command for you.
A Conservative Version
But having answered, Jesus said to them, For your hard heart he wrote for you this commandment.
American Standard Version
But Jesus said unto them, For your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.
Amplified
But Jesus said to them,
An Understandable Version
But Jesus said to them, "He wrote you this commandment [only] because of the rebellious spirit of you [Jews].
Anderson New Testament
And Jesus answered and said to them: On account of the hardness of your hearts, he wrote this commandment for you.
Bible in Basic English
But Jesus said to them, Because of your hard hearts he gave you this law.
Common New Testament
But Jesus said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.
Daniel Mace New Testament
but Jesus answered them, it was out of regard to your untractable temper, that Moses gave you this permission.
Darby Translation
And Jesus answering said to them, In view of your hard-heartedness he wrote this commandment for you;
Godbey New Testament
Jesus said to them, On account of the hardness of your heart he wrote this commandment to you.
Goodspeed New Testament
But Jesus said to them, "It was on account of your perversity that he laid down that law for you.
John Wesley New Testament
And Jesus answering said to them, For your hardness of heart he wrote you this precept.
Julia Smith Translation
And Jesus, having answered, said to them, For your hard heart he wrote you this command.
King James 2000
And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But Jesus said to them, "He wrote this commandment for you because of your hardness of heart.
Modern King James verseion
And Jesus answered and said to them, He wrote you this precept because of the hardness of your hearts.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Jesus answered, and said unto them, "For the hardness of your hearts he wrote this precept unto you.
Moffatt New Testament
Jesus said to them, "He wrote you that command on account of the hardness of your hearts.
Montgomery New Testament
But Jesus said to them. "Moses gave you that command because of the hardness of your hearts;
NET Bible
But Jesus said to them, "He wrote this commandment for you because of your hard hearts.
New Heart English Bible
But Jesus said, "For your hardness of heart, he wrote you this commandment.
Noyes New Testament
And Jesus said to them, On account of your hardness of heart he wrote you this command.
Sawyer New Testament
And Jesus said to them, Because of your hardness of heart, he wrote you this ordinance;
The Emphasized Bible
But, Jesus, said unto them - In view of your hardness of heart, wrote he for you this commandment;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Then Jesus answering said unto them, For the hardness of your hearts he wrote you that ordinance.
Twentieth Century New Testament
"It was owing to the hardness of your hearts," said Jesus, "that Moses gave you this direction;
Webster
And Jesus answered and said to them, For the hardness of your heart, he wrote you this precept.
Weymouth New Testament
"It was in consideration of your stubborn hearts," said Jesus, "that Moses enacted this law for you;
Williams New Testament
But Jesus said to them, "It was due to your moral perversity that Moses wrote that command in your law.
World English Bible
But Jesus said to them, "For your hardness of heart, he wrote you this commandment.
Worrell New Testament
But Jesus said to them, "Because of the hardness of your heart he wrote you this commandment.
Worsley New Testament
And Jesus replied, He wrote this precept on account of your cruel tempers:
Themes
Divorce » Why moses allowed divorce
Heart » The unregenerate » Is hard
character of the unrenewed Heart » Hard
Jesus Christ » History of » Interprets the law concerning marriage and divorce (in peraea)
Interlinear
Word Count of 37 Translations in Mark 10:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
On Divorce
4 and they said, 'Moses suffered to write a bill of divorce, and to put away.' 5 And Jesus answering said to them, 'For the stiffness of your heart he wrote you this command, 6 but from the beginning of the creation, a male and a female God did make them;
Cross References
Matthew 19:8
He saith to them -- 'Moses for your stiffness of heart did suffer you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it hath not been so.
Deuteronomy 9:6
and thou hast known, that not for thy righteousness is Jehovah thy God giving to thee this good land to possess it, for a people stiff of neck thou art.
Deuteronomy 31:27
for I -- I have known thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck; lo, in my being yet alive with you to-day, rebellious ye have been with Jehovah, and also surely after my death.
Nehemiah 9:16-17
'And they and our fathers have acted proudly, and harden their neck, and have not hearkened unto Thy commands,
Nehemiah 9:26
'And they are disobedient, and rebel against Thee, and cast Thy law behind their back, and Thy prophets they have slain, who testified against them, to bring them back unto Thee, and they do great despisings,
Acts 7:51
Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and in ears! ye do always the Holy Spirit resist; as your fathers -- also ye;
Hebrews 3:7-10
Wherefore, (as the Holy Spirit saith, 'To-day, if His voice ye may hear --