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Mark 10:4

They answered, “Moses permitted a man to write his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away.”

Mark 10:4 · Berean Standard Bible

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Mark 10:4 in other translations

KJV King James Version

And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.

WEB World English Bible

They said, “Moses allowed a certificate of divorce to be written, and to divorce her.”

NHEB New Heart English Bible

They said, "Moses allowed a certificate of divorce to be written, and to divorce her."

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In context

1 Then Jesus left that place and went into the region of Judea, beyond the Jordan. Again the crowds came to Him and He taught them, as was His custom.

2 Some Pharisees came to test Him. “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” they inquired.

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

4 They answered, “Moses permitted a man to write his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away.”

5 But Jesus told them, “Moses wrote this commandment for you because of your hardness of heart.

6 However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’

7 ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,

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