Mark 10:3

3 "What rule did Moses lay down for you?" He answered.

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 Soon on His feet once more, He enters the district of Judaea and crosses the Jordan: again the people flock to Him, and ere long, as was usual with Him, He was teaching them once more.

2 Presently a party of Pharisees come to Him with the question--seeking to entrap Him, "May a man divorce his wife?"

3 "What rule did Moses lay down for you?" He answered.

4 "Moses," they said, "permitted a man to draw up a written notice of divorce, and to send his wife away."

5 "It was in consideration of your stubborn hearts," said Jesus, "that Moses enacted this law for you;