"And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept." — Mark 10:5

Mark 10:5 · KJV

“And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.”

— Mark 10:5

Verse 4

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

Verse 6

But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.

Mark 10 — Context

And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?

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

And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.

But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;

Cross References

Matthew 19:8

He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

Nehemiah 9:16-17

But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,

Acts 7:51

Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers {did}, so {do} ye.

Nehemiah 9:26

Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.

Hebrews 3:7-10

Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,

Deuteronomy 31:27

For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death?

Deuteronomy 9:6

Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou {art} a stiffnecked people.