Mark 10:2 Themes and Topics

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

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

Then the Pharisees went out and planned together to entrap him with his own words. Verse Concepts

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

Then some Pharisees came, and to test him they asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?" Verse Concepts

Then they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to trap him with his own words. Verse Concepts

plotting against him, to catch him in something he might say. Verse Concepts

Then they watched him carefully and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They wanted to take advantage of what he might say so that they could deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor. Verse Concepts

(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. Verse Concepts

Then some Pharisees came, and to test him they asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?" Verse Concepts

(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. Verse Concepts

Now an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus, saying, "Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" Verse Concepts

Others, to test him, began asking for a sign from heaven. Verse Concepts

But Jesus perceived their deceit and said to them, Verse Concepts

They said to him, "Why then did Moses command us to give a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her?" Jesus said to them, "Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hard hearts, but from the beginning it was not this way.

Then some Pharisees came, and to test him they asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?" He answered them, "What did Moses command you?" They said, "Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her." read more.
But Jesus said to them, "He wrote this commandment for you because of your hard hearts. But from the beginning of creation he made them male and female.

Then some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful to divorce a wife for any cause?" He answered, "Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator made them male and female, and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh'? read more.
So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate." They said to him, "Why then did Moses command us to give a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her?" Jesus said to them, "Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hard hearts, but from the beginning it was not this way. Now I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another commits adultery." The disciples said to him, "If this is the case of a husband with a wife, it is better not to marry!" He said to them, "Not everyone can accept this statement, except those to whom it has been given. For there are some eunuchs who were that way from birth, and some who were made eunuchs by others, and some who became eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who is able to accept this should accept it."

Then some Pharisees came, and to test him they asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?" He answered them, "What did Moses command you?" They said, "Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her." read more.
But Jesus said to them, "He wrote this commandment for you because of your hard hearts. But from the beginning of creation he made them male and female. For this reason a man will leave his father and mother, and the two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate." In the house once again, the disciples asked him about this. So he told them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her. And if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery."

You must not take a woman in marriage and then marry her sister as a rival wife while she is still alive, to have sexual intercourse with her. Verse Concepts

The overseer then must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, an able teacher, Verse Concepts

Deacons must be husbands of one wife and good managers of their children and their own households. Verse Concepts

An elder must be blameless, the husband of one wife, with faithful children who cannot be charged with dissipation or rebellion. Verse Concepts

Furthermore, he must not marry many wives lest his affections turn aside, and he must not accumulate much silver and gold. Verse Concepts

No one who has even a small portion of the Spirit in him does this. What did our ancestor do when seeking a child from God? Be attentive, then, to your own spirit, for one should not be disloyal to the wife he took in his youth. Verse Concepts

He answered, "Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator made them male and female, Verse Concepts

Yet you ask, "Why?" The Lord is testifying against you on behalf of the wife you married when you were young, to whom you have become unfaithful even though she is your companion and wife by law. No one who has even a small portion of the Spirit in him does this. What did our ancestor do when seeking a child from God? Be attentive, then, to your own spirit, for one should not be disloyal to the wife he took in his youth.

He answered, "Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator made them male and female, and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh'?

Then some Pharisees came, and to test him they asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?" He answered them, "What did Moses command you?" They said, "Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her." read more.
But Jesus said to them, "He wrote this commandment for you because of your hard hearts. But from the beginning of creation he made them male and female. For this reason a man will leave his father and mother, and the two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one flesh.