Mark 10:3

3 But he answering, saith to them: What did Moses command you?

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 And rising up from thence, he cometh into the coast of Judea beyond the Jordan: and the multitude flocked to him again. And as he was accustomed, he taught them again.

2 And the Pharisees coming to him asked him, tempting him: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife?

3 But he answering, saith to them: What did Moses command you?

4 Who said: Moses permitted to write a bill of divorce and to put her away.

5 To whom Jesus answering, said: Because of the hardness of your heart, he wrote you that precept.