KJV King James Version
And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put [her] away.
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Mark 10:4
And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put [her] away.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
They answered, “Moses permitted a man to write his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away.”
WEB World English Bible
They said, “Moses allowed a certificate of divorce to be written, and to divorce her.”
ASV American Standard Version
And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and they said, ‘Moses suffered to write a bill of divorce, and to put away.’
Surrounding context — Mark 10
1 And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judaea by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again.
2 And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away [his] wife? tempting him.
3 And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?
4 And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put [her] away.
5 And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
6 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
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Deuteronomy 24:1-4When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give [it] in her hand, and send her out of his house.Matthew 5:31-32It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:Matthew 19:7They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?Isaiah 50:1Thus saith the LORD, Where [is] the bill of your mother’s divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors [is it] to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.Matthew 1:19Then Joseph her husband, being a just [man], and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.Jeremiah 3:1They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.
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