101 Getting up, He went from there to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan ; crowds gathered around Him again , and, according to His custom , He once more began to teach them. 2 Some Pharisees came up to Jesus, testing Him, and began to question Him whether it was lawful for a man to divorce a wife . 3 And He answered and said to them, "What did Moses command you?" 4 They said , " Moses permitted a man TO WRITE A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE AND SEND her AWAY ." 5 But Jesus said to them, " Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment . 6 "But from the beginning of creation , God MADE THEM MALE AND FEMALE . 7 " FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER , 8 AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME e ONE FLESH ; so they are no longer two , but one flesh . 9 "What therefore God has joined together , let no man separate ." 10 In the house the disciples began questioning Him about this again . 11 And He said to them, " Whoever e divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her; 12 and if she herself divorces her husband and marries another man , she is committing adultery ."
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Mark 10:1-12
Commentary on Mark 10:1-12
(Read Mark 10:1-12)
Wherever Jesus was, the people flocked after him in crowds, and he taught them. Preaching was Christ's constant practice. He here shows that the reason why Moses' law allowed divorce, was such that they ought not to use the permission; it was only for the hardness of their hearts. God himself joined man and wife together; he has fitted them to be comforts and helps for each other. The bond which God has tied, is not to be lightly untied. Let those who are for putting away their wives consider what would become of themselves, if God should deal with them in like manner.