Mark 10 · Verse 3

Mark 10:3

And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?
Mark 10:3, King James Version

Mark 10:3 in other translations

BSB“What did Moses command you?” He replied.
WEBHe answered, “What did Moses command you?”
ASVAnd he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?
YLTand he answering said to them, ‘What did Moses command you?'
DARBYBut he answering said to them, What did Moses command you?
BBEAnd he said to them in answer, What did Moses say you were to do?
WebsterAnd he answered and said to them, What did Moses command you?

What does Mark 10:3 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 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…

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Mark 10:3 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ὁho<the>G3588
δὲdeAndG1161
ἀποκριθεὶςapokritheisHe answeringG611
εἶπενeipensaidG2036
αὐτοῖς·autoisto them;G846
τίtiWhatG5101
ὑμῖνhuminyouG4771
ἐνετείλατοeneteilatodid commandG1781
Μωϋσῆς;MōusēsMoses?G3475

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Mark 10:3

  • Galatians 4:21

    Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?

  • Isaiah 8:20

    To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

  • John 5:39

    Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

  • Luke 10:25

    And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

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What.
Isa 8:20; Lu 10:25; Joh 5:39; Ga 4:21

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Context

  • Mark 10:2

    And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.

  • Mark 10:3

    And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?

  • Mark 10:4

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

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Mark 10:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mas él respondiendo, les dijo: ¿Qué os mandó Moisés?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et lui, répondant, leur dit: Qu’est-ce que Moïse vous a commandé?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Er aber antwortete und sprach zu ihnen: Was hat euch Moses geboten?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
At ille respondens, dixit eis: Quid vobis præcepit Moyses?