Mark 10:4
Good News Translation
Their answer was, "Moses gave permission for a man to write a divorce notice and send his wife away."

New Revised Standard Version
They said, “Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her.”

Contemporary English Version
They answered, "Moses allows a man to write out divorce papers and send his wife away."

New American Bible
They replied, “Moses permitted him to write a bill of divorce and dismiss her.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
Who said: Moses permitted to write a bill of divorce and to put her away.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Who said: Moses permitted to write a bill of divorce and to put her away.

Deuteronomy 24:1-4 If a man take a wife, and have her, and she find not favour in his eyes, for some uncleanness: he shall write a bill of divorce, and shall give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. . . .

Isaiah 50:1 Thus saith the Lord: What is this bill of the divorce of your mother, with which I have put her away? or who is my creditor, to whom I sold you: behold you are sold for your iniquities, and for your wicked deeds have I put your mother away.

Jeremiah 3:1 It is commonly said: If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and marry another man, shall he return to her any more? shall not that woman be polluted, and defiled? but thou hast prostituted thyself to many lovers: nevertheless return to me, saith the Lord, and I will receive thee.

Matthew 1:19 Whereupon Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing publicly to expose her, was minded to put her away privately.

Matthew 5:31,32 And it hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce. . . .

Matthew 19:7 They say to him: Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorce, and to put away?

Context
Teachings about Divorce
3But he answering, saith to them: What did Moses command you? 4Who said: Moses permitted to write a bill of divorce and to put her away. 5To whom Jesus answering, said: Because of the hardness of your heart, he wrote you that precept.…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 24:1
If a man take a wife, and have her, and she find not favour in his eyes, for some uncleanness: he shall write a bill of divorce, and shall give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

Deuteronomy 24:3
And he also hateth her, and hath given her a bill of divorce, and hath sent her out of his house or is dead:

Matthew 5:31
And it hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce.

Mark 10:3
But he answering, saith to them: What did Moses command you?

Mark 10:3
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