Mark 10:3

3 “What did Moses command you?” he replied.

Mark 10:3 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
3 And he answered and said unto them,What did Moses command you?
English Standard Version (ESV)
3 He answered them, "What did Moses command you?"
New Living Translation (NLT)
3 Jesus answered them with a question: “What did Moses say in the law about divorce?”
The Message Bible (MSG)
3 Jesus said, "What did Moses command?"
American Standard Version (ASV)
3 And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
3 Jesus answered them, "What command did Moses give you?"
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
3 He replied to them, "What did Moses command you?"
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
3 "What did Moses command you?" he replied.

Mark 10:3 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 10:3

And he answered and said unto them
Very prudently and wisely,

what did Moses command you?
according to Matthew, he put another question to them; see ( Matthew 19:4 ) ; no doubt but both were put, and this after they had urged the authority and law of Moses: and therefore be very pertinently asks them, what Moses had said about divorces, what law he had left; and puts them upon producing and repeating it, that the sense of it might be examined, and it be considered, upon what account it was given.

Mark 10:3 In-Context

1 Jesus then left that place and went into the region of Judea and across the Jordan. Again crowds of people came to him, and as was his custom, he taught them.
2 Some Pharisees came and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”
3 “What did Moses command you?” he replied.
4 They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.”
5 “It was because your hearts were hard that Moses wrote you this law,” Jesus replied.
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