Parallel Verses
Sawyer New Testament
And the Pharisees came and asked him, to try him, Is it lawful for a man to put away 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?
Common New Testament
The Pharisees came and in order to test him asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce 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.
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
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Apoluo
Word Count of 37 Translations in Mark 10:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
On Divorce
1 AND he arose and went thence into the bounds of Judea, and beyond the Jordan; and again multitudes came together to him, and again he taught them as he was accustomed. 2 And the Pharisees came and asked him, to try him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? 3 And he answered and said to them, What did Moses command you?
Cross References
John 8:6
They said this to try him, that they might have something of which to accuse him. But Jesus, stooping down, wrote with his finger on the ground.
Matthew 5:31-32
And it was said, Whoever would put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorcement.
Matthew 9:34
But the Pharisees said, He casts out demons by the ruler of the demons.
Matthew 15:12
Then the disciples came to him, and said to him, Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this word?
Matthew 16:1
AND the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to Jesus to try him desired him to show them a sign from heaven.
Matthew 19:3
And the Pharisees came to him to try him, and said, Is it lawful [for a man] to put away his wife for every cause?
Matthew 22:35
and one of them, a lawyer, asked him, to try him,
Matthew 23:13
But woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven before men; for you enter not into it, neither do you suffer those entering to go in.
Mark 8:11
And the Pharisees went out and questioned him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, to try him.
Mark 8:15
And he charged them, saying, Observe and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.
Luke 5:30
And the Pharisees and their scribes complained to his disciples, saying, Why do you eat and drink with publicans?
Luke 6:7
And the scribes and Pharisees watched him [to see] if he would perform a cure on the sabbath, that they might find [something of which] to accuse him.
Luke 7:30
But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God as to themselves, not having been baptized by him.
Luke 11:39
And the Lord said to him, Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and plate, but your inside is full of plunder and wickedness.
Luke 11:53-54
And when he had gone out thence the scribes and Pharisees were extremely angry, and questioned him on many subjects,
Luke 16:14
And the Pharisees, who are avaricious, heard all these things, and derided him.
John 7:32
The Pharisees heard the multitude saying these things concerning him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent to take him by force.
John 7:48
Has any one of the rulers believed on him, or of the Pharisees?
John 11:47
Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrim, and said, What do we accomplish? for this man performs many miracles.
John 11:57
And the chief priests and Pharisees had given commandment, that if any one knew where he was he should make it known, that they might take him by force.
1 Corinthians 7:10-11
But the married I charge, not I, but the Lord, Let not a wife separate from her husband,
1 Corinthians 10:9
Neither let us try Christ, as some of them did and were destroyed by serpents.