Mark 10:2

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And Pharisees came to him, testing him with the question, Is it right for a man to put away his wife?

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  • Matt 23:13 : 13 But a curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you are shutting the kingdom of heaven against men: for you do not go in yourselves, and those who are going in, you keep back.
  • Luke 11:53-54 : 53 And when he had come out of that place, the scribes and the Pharisees came round him angrily, questioning him about more things; 54 And watching him, for a chance to get something from his words which might be used against him.
  • John 8:6 : 6 They said this, testing him, so that they might have something against him. But Jesus, with his head bent down, made letters on the floor with his finger.
  • John 11:47 : 47 Then the high priests and the Pharisees had a meeting and said, What are we doing? This man is doing a number of signs.
  • John 11:57 : 57 Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone had knowledge where he was, he was to give them word, so that they might take him.
  • 1 Cor 7:10-11 : 10 But to the married I give orders, though not I but the Lord, that the wife may not go away from her husband 11 (Or if she goes away from him, let her keep unmarried, or be united to her husband again); and that the husband may not go away from his wife.
  • 1 Cor 10:9 : 9 And let us not put the Lord to the test, as some of them did, and came to their death by snakes.
  • Luke 16:14 : 14 And the Pharisees, who had a great love of money, hearing these things, were making sport of him.
  • John 7:32 : 32 This discussion of the people came to the ears of the Pharisees; and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent servants to take him.
  • John 7:48 : 48 Have any of the rulers belief in him, or any one of the Pharisees?
  • Mark 8:11 : 11 And the Pharisees came out and put questions to him, requesting from him a sign from heaven, testing him.
  • Mark 8:15 : 15 And he said to them, Take care to be on the watch against the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.
  • Luke 5:30 : 30 And the Pharisees and their scribes made protests against his disciples, saying, Why do you take food and drink with tax-farmers and sinners?
  • Luke 6:7 : 7 And the scribes and Pharisees were watching him to see if he would make him well on the Sabbath, so that they might be able to say something against him.
  • Luke 7:30 : 30 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law were against the purpose of God for themselves, not having had his baptism.)
  • Luke 11:39 : 39 And the Lord said to him, You Pharisees make the outside of the cup and the plate clean; but inside you are thieves and full of evil.
  • Mal 2:16 : 16 For I am against the putting away of a wife, says the Lord, the God of Israel, and against him who is clothed with violent acts, says the Lord of armies: so give thought to your spirit and do not be false in your acts.
  • Matt 5:31-32 : 31 Again, it was said, Whoever puts away his wife has to give her a statement in writing for this purpose: 32 But I say to you that everyone who puts away his wife for any other cause but the loss of her virtue, makes her false to her husband; and whoever takes her as his wife after she is put away, is no true husband to her.
  • Matt 9:34 : 34 But the Pharisees said, By the ruler of evil spirits, he sends evil spirits out of men.
  • Matt 15:12 : 12 Then the disciples came and said to him, Did you see that the Pharisees were troubled when these words came to their ears?
  • Matt 16:1 : 1 And the Pharisees and Sadducees came and, testing him, made a request to him to give them a sign from heaven.
  • Matt 19:3 : 3 And certain Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, Is it right for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
  • Matt 22:35 : 35 And one of them, a teacher of the law, put a question to him, testing him, and saying,

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    3 And certain Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, Is it right for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

    4 And he said in answer, Have you not seen in the Writings, that he who made them at the first made them male and female, and said,

  • Mark 10:3-5
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    3 And he said to them in answer, What did Moses say you were to do?

    4 And they said to him, Moses let us give her a statement in writing, and be free from her.

    5 But Jesus said to them, Because of your hard hearts he gave you this law.

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    11 And the Pharisees came out and put questions to him, requesting from him a sign from heaven, testing him.

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    7 They say to him, Why then did Moses give orders that a husband might give her a statement in writing and be free from her?

    8 He says to them, Moses, because of your hard hearts, let you put away your wives: but it has not been so from the first.

    9 And I say to you, Whoever puts away his wife for any other cause than the loss of her virtue, and takes another, is a false husband: and he who takes her as his wife when she is put away, is no true husband to her.

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    34 But the Pharisees, hearing how the mouths of the Sadducees had been stopped, came together;

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    9 Let not that which has been joined together by God be parted by man.

    10 And in the house the disciples put questions to him again about this thing.

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    12 And if she herself puts away her husband and takes another, she is false to her husband.

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    1 And the Pharisees and Sadducees came and, testing him, made a request to him to give them a sign from heaven.

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    15 Then the Pharisees went and had a meeting to see how they might make use of his words to take him.

    16 And they sent to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Master, we see that you are true, and that you are teaching the true way of God, and have no fear of anyone, because you have no respect for a man's position.

    17 Give us, then, your opinion of this: Is it right to give tax to Caesar, or not?

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    24 And the Pharisees said to him, Why are they doing what it is not right to do on the Sabbath?

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    25 And a certain teacher of the law got up and put him to the test, saying, Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life?

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    31 Again, it was said, Whoever puts away his wife has to give her a statement in writing for this purpose:

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    1 If a man takes a wife, and after they are married she is unpleasing to him because of some bad quality in her, let him give her a statement in writing and send her away from his house.

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    23 On the same day there came to him the Sadducees, who say that there is no coming back from the dead: and they put a question to him, saying,