Parallel Verses
Common New Testament
The Pharisees came and in order to test him asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"
New American Standard Bible
Some Pharisees came up to Jesus, testing Him, and began to question Him whether it was lawful for a man to
King James Version
And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.
Holman Bible
Some Pharisees
International Standard Version
Some Pharisees came to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"
A Conservative Version
And the Pharisees having approached, they demanded of him if it is permitted for a man to divorce a wife, testing him.
American Standard Version
And there came unto him Pharisees, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? trying him.
Amplified
Pharisees came to Jesus to test Him [intending to trick Him into saying something wrong], and asked Him, “Is it lawful [according to Scripture] for a man to divorce his wife and send her away?”
An Understandable Version
Some Pharisees [i.e., a strict sect of the Jewish religion] came to Him [and attempted] to test Him by asking, "Is it permissible by the law of Moses for a man to divorce his wife?"
Anderson New Testament
And the Pharisees came to him, and that they might tempt him, asked him the question: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife?
Bible in Basic English
And Pharisees came to him, testing him with the question, Is it right for a man to put away his wife?
Daniel Mace New Testament
then the Pharisees came and propos'd to him this insnaring question, is it lawful for a man to repudiate his wife?
Darby Translation
And Pharisees coming to him asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? (tempting him).
Godbey New Testament
And the Pharisees having come forward asked Him, If it is lawful for a man to send away his wife? tempting Him.
Goodspeed New Testament
Some Pharisees came up, and in order to test him asked him whether a man should be allowed to divorce his wife.
John Wesley New Testament
And the Pharisees coming asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife?
Julia Smith Translation
And the Pharisees having come near, asked him, if it is lawful for a man to loose his wife; tempting him.
King James 2000
And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? testing him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And they asked him if it was permitted for a man to divorce [his] wife, [in order to] test him.
Modern King James verseion
And tempting Him, the Pharisees came to Him and asked Him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the Pharisees came and asked him a question, whether it were lawful for a man to put away his wife, to prove him.
Moffatt New Testament
Now some Pharisees came up and asked him if a man was allowed to divorce his wife. This was to tempt him.
Montgomery New Testament
Presently some Pharisees came up and tested him, by asking if it was lawful for a man to divorce his wife.
NET Bible
Then some Pharisees came, and to test him they asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"
New Heart English Bible
Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"
Noyes New Testament
And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him whether it was lawful for a man to put away his wife, trying him.
Sawyer New Testament
And the Pharisees came and asked him, to try him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife?
The Emphasized Bible
And Pharisees coming near were questioning him - whether it is allowed a husband to divorce a wife, testing him.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And the Pharisees coming to him, put a question to him, Is it lawful for a husband to put away his wife? tempting him.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Presently some Pharisees came up and, to test him, asked: "Has a husband the right to divorce his wife?"
Webster
And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.
Weymouth New Testament
Presently a party of Pharisees come to Him with the question--seeking to entrap Him, "May a man divorce his wife?"
Williams New Testament
Some Pharisees came up, and to test Him they began to ask Him whether a man should be allowed to divorce his wife.
World English Bible
Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"
Worrell New Testament
And the Pharisees, corning to Him, were asking Him, "Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife!" tempting Him.
Worsley New Testament
And the pharisees came to Him and asked Him, "if it were lawful for a man to put away his wife," tempting Him.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the Pharisees, having come near, questioned him, if it is lawful for a husband to put away a wife, tempting him,
Themes
Christ » Slandered » Snares laid for
Christ » Touched by others » Tried by his enemies
Divorce » Why moses allowed divorce
Jesus Christ » History of » Interprets the law concerning marriage and divorce (in peraea)
Topics
Interlinear
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Apoluo
Word Count of 37 Translations in Mark 10:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
On Divorce
1 Then he left there and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan. And crowds gathered to him again; and again, as his custom was, he taught them. 2 The Pharisees came and in order to test him asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?" 3 He answered them, "What did Moses command you?"
Cross References
John 8:6
They said this to test him, that they might have something of which to accuse him. But Jesus bent down and wrote on the ground with his finger.
Matthew 5:31-32
"It has also been said, 'Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.'
Matthew 9:34
But the Pharisees said, "He casts out demons by the prince of demons."
Matthew 15:12
Then the disciples came and said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?"
Matthew 16:1
Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test him they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
Matthew 19:3
Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?"
Matthew 22:35
And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, to test him.
Matthew 23:13
"But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither enter yourselves, nor do you allow those who would enter to go in.
Mark 8:11
The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, to test him.
Mark 8:15
And he cautioned them, saying, "Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod."
Luke 5:30
And the Pharisees and their scribes complained against his disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?"
Luke 6:7
The scribes and the Pharisees watched him closely, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might find an accusation against him.
Luke 7:30
But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the purpose of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.)
Luke 11:39
But the Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.
Luke 11:53-54
As he went away from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard, and to provoke him to speak of many things,
Luke 16:14
The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all this, and they scoffed at him.
John 7:32
The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to arrest him.
John 7:48
Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him?
John 11:47
Then the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, "What are we to do? For this man performs many signs.
John 11:57
Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where he was, he should report it, so that they might arrest him.
1 Corinthians 7:10-11
To the married I give charge, not I but the Lord, that the wife should not separate from her husband
1 Corinthians 10:9
We must not put the Lord to the test, as some of them did and were destroyed by serpents.