Teachings about Divorce
Mark 10:2
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Some Pharisees came to test Him. “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” they inquired.
- KJV
- ¶ And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.
- WEB
- Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”
- ASV
- And there came unto him Pharisees, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? trying him.
- LSV
- And the Pharisees, having come near, questioned Him if it is lawful for a husband to put away a wife, tempting Him,
- YLT
- And the Pharisees, having come near, questioned him, if it is lawful for a husband to put away a wife, tempting him,
- DBY
- And Pharisees coming to [him] asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away [his] wife? (tempting him).
- DRC
- And the Pharisees coming to him asked him: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.
- GNV
- Then the Pharises came and asked him, if it were lawfull for a man to put away his wife, and tempted him.
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- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include προσελθόντες (“having come to [him]”); SBLGNT (2010) do not include this wording.
- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include Φαρισαῖοι (“Pharisees”); SBLGNT (2010) do not include this wording.
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἐπηρώτων (“were questioning”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἐπηρώτησαν (“questioned”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus include οἱ (“the”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)
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- SBLGNT: Καὶ. Michael W. Holmes (SBLGNT editor), Westcott and Hort (margin) read Καὶ; Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont add προσελθόντες Φαρισαῖοι.
- SBLGNT: ἐπηρώτων. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἐπηρώτων; Robinson–Pierpont read ἐπηρώτησαν.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- Καὶ ἐπηρώτων αὐτὸν εἰ ἔξεστιν ἀνδρὶ γυναῖκα ἀπολῦσαι, πειράζοντες αὐτόν.
- RP2018
- Καὶ προσελθόντες Φαρισαῖοι ἐπηρώτησαν αὐτόν, Εἰ ἔξεστιν ἀνδρὶ γυναῖκα ἀπολῦσαι, πειράζοντες αὐτόν.
- TR-Boyd
- Καὶ προσελθόντες οἱ Φαρισαῖοι ἐπηρώτησαν αὐτόν, Εἰ ἔξεστιν ἀνδρὶ γυναῖκα ἀπολῦσαι, πειράζοντες αὐτόν.
- SCR1894
- και προσελθοντες οι φαρισαιοι επηρωτησαν αυτον ει εξεστιν ανδρι γυναικα απολυσαι πειραζοντες αυτον
Who and where
◆ Jesus Teaches in Perea
People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
DivorceMarriagePeraeaFamilyDivorce in the New TestamentPolygamyInspirationMark, the Gospel According toJesus, the Christ
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Cross-references most cited first
- 1 Corinthians 7:10–11To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his…
- Luke 11:53–54As Jesus went on from there, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him bitterly and to ply Him with questions about many things, waiting to catch Him in something He might say.
- John 8:6They said this to test Him, in order to have a basis for accusing Him. But Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with His finger.
- Matthew 23:13Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.
- Mark 8:15“Watch out!” He cautioned them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of Herod.”
- Luke 5:30But the Pharisees and their scribes complained to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
- John 7:48“Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?
- Luke 6:7Looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, the scribes and Pharisees were watching Him closely to see if He would heal on the Sabbath.
- Mark 8:11Then the Pharisees came and began to argue with Jesus, testing Him by demanding from Him a sign from heaven.
- Matthew 19:3Then some Pharisees came and tested Him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”
- 1 Corinthians 10:9We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.
- John 11:47Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we to do? This man is performing many signs.
- Matthew 15:12Then the disciples came to Him and said, “Are You aware that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”
- Luke 7:30But the Pharisees and experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.
- Matthew 22:35One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with a question:
- Matthew 16:1Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came and tested Jesus by asking Him to show them a sign from heaven.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).