Mark 10 · Verse 5

Mark 10:5

And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
Mark 10:5, King James Version

Mark 10:5 in other translations

BSBBut Jesus told them, “Moses wrote this commandment for you because of your hardness of heart.
WEBBut Jesus said to them, “For your hardness of heart, he wrote you this commandment.
ASVBut Jesus said unto them, For your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.
YLTAnd Jesus answering said to them, ‘For the stiffness of your heart he wrote you this command,
DARBYAnd Jesus answering said to them, In view of your hard-heartedness he wrote this commandment for you;
BBEBut Jesus said to them, Because of your hard hearts he gave you this law.
WebsterAnd Jesus answered and said to them, For the hardness of your heart, he wrote you this precept.

What does Mark 10:5 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 10:5 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
ἸησοῦςIēsousJesusG2424
εἶπενeipensaidG2036
αὐτοῖς·autoisto them;G846
πρὸςprosBecause ofG4314
τὴνtēntheG3588
σκληροκαρδίανsklērokardianhardness of heartG4641
ὑμῶνhumōnof youG4771
ἔγραψενegrapsenHe wroteG1125
ὑμῖνhuminfor youG4771
τὴνtēn<the>G3588
ἐντολὴνentolēncommandmentG1785
ταύτην·tautēnthis;G3778

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

Cross references for Mark 10:5

  • Matthew 19:8

    He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

  • Acts 7:51

    Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.

  • Nehemiah 9:16-17

    But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments, And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.

  • Nehemiah 9:26

    Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.

  • Hebrews 3:7-10

    Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice, Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years. Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.

  • Deuteronomy 31:27

    For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the Lord; and how much more after my death?

  • Deuteronomy 9:6

    Understand therefore, that the Lord thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people.

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For.
De 9:6; 31:27; Ne 9:16,17,26; Mt 19:8; Ac 7:51; Heb 3:7-10

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Context

  • Mark 10:4

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

  • Mark 10:5

    And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.

  • Mark 10:6

    But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.

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Mark 10:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y respondiendo Jesús, les dijo: Por la dureza de vuestro corazón os escribió este mandamiento;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Jésus, répondant, leur dit: Il vous a écrit ce commandement à cause de votre dureté de cœur;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Jesus antwortete und sprach zu ihnen: Wegen eurer Herzenshärtigkeit hat er euch dieses Gebot geschrieben;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Quibus respondens Jesus, ait: Ad duritiam cordis vestri scripsit vobis præceptum istud: