Mark 10:4

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“They answered, “Moses permitted a man to write his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away.””

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BSBPD

“They answered, “Moses permitted a man to write his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and they said, `Moses suffered to write a bill of divorce, and to put away.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Mark 10:4 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 24:1If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds some indecency in her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, hand it to her, and send her away from his house.
  2. Isaiah 50:1This is what the LORD says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.
  3. Jeremiah 3:1“If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Would not such a land be completely defiled? But you have played the harlot with many lovers— and you would return to Me?” declares the LORD.
  4. Matthew 1:19Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and was unwilling to disgrace her publicly, he resolved to divorce her quietly.
  5. Matthew 5:31It has also been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’
  6. Matthew 19:7“Why then,” they asked, “did Moses order a man to give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?”

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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