Mark 10

4 They said, "Moses permitted us to write divorce papers  * 10:4 Mt 5:31 and send her away."  * 10:4 Dt 24:1,3

5 But Jesus told them, "He wrote this command for you because of the hardness of your hearts.* 10:5 Mk 16:146 But from the beginning* 10:6 Jn 1:1; Ac 26:4of creation* 10:6 Jn 1:3; Rv 3:14God* 10:6 Other mss omit Godmade them male and female.* 10:6 Gn 1:27; 5:2,* 10:6 Gn 1:27; 5:27 For this reason a man will leave* 10:7 Lk 15:4his father and mother* 10:7 Some mss add and be joined to his wife8 and the two will become one flesh.* 10:7–8 Gn 2:24,* 10:7–8 Gn 2:24So they are no longer two, but one flesh.9 Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate."* 10:9 1Co 7:10–15; Heb 7:26