Mark 10:5
But Jesus said to them,“He wrote this commandment for you because of your hard hearts.
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- Matt 19:8 : 8 Jesus said to them,“Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hard hearts, but from the beginning it was not this way.
- Acts 7:51 : 51 “You stubborn people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, like your ancestors did!
- Neh 9:16-17 : 16 “But they– our ancestors– behaved presumptuously; they rebelled and did not obey your commandments. 17 They refused to obey and did not recall your miracles that you had performed among them. Instead, they rebelled and appointed a leader to return to their bondage in Egypt. But you are a God of forgiveness, merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and unfailing in your loyal love. You did not abandon them,
- Neh 9:26 : 26 “Nonetheless they grew disobedient and rebelled against you; they disregarded your law. They killed your prophets who had solemnly admonished them in order to cause them to return to you. They committed atrocious blasphemies.
- Deut 9:6 : 6 Understand, therefore, that it is not because of your righteousness that the LORD your God is about to give you this good land as a possession, for you are a stubborn people!
- Deut 31:27 : 27 for I know about your rebellion and stubbornness. Indeed, even while I have been living among you to this very day, you have rebelled against the LORD; you will be even more rebellious after my death!
- Heb 3:7-9 : 7 Exposition of Psalm 95: Hearing God’s Word in Faith Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says,“Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks! 8 “Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness. 9 “There your fathers tested me and tried me, and they saw my works for forty years. 10 “Therefore, I became provoked at that generation and said,‘Their hearts are always wandering and they have not known my ways.’
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- Matt 19:3-119 verses84%
3 Then some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked,“Is it lawful to divorce a wife for any cause?”
4 He answered,“Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator made them male and female,
5 and said,‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?
6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
7 They said to him,“Why then did Moses command us to give a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her?”
8 Jesus said to them,“Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hard hearts, but from the beginning it was not this way.
9 Now I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another commits adultery.”
10 The disciples said to him,“If this is the case of a husband with a wife, it is better not to marry!”
11 He said to them,“Not everyone can accept this statement, except those to whom it has been given.
- Mark 10:2-43 verses83%
2 Then some Pharisees came, and to test him they asked,“Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”
3 He answered them,“What did Moses command you?”
4 They said,“Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her.”
- Matt 5:31-322 verses76%
31 Divorce“It was said,‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a legal document.’
32 But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
- Mark 10:6-127 verses75%
6 But from the beginning of creation he made them male and female.
7 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother,
8 and the two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one flesh.
9 Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
10 In the house once again, the disciples asked him about this.
11 So he told them,“Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.
12 And if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”
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3 He answered them,“And why do you disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?
- John 8:5-62 verses70%
5 In the law Moses commanded us to stone to death such women. What then do you say?”
6 (Now they were asking this in an attempt to trap him, so that they could bring charges against him.) Jesus bent down and wrote on the ground with his finger.
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38 Retaliation“You have heard that it was said,‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’
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27 Adultery“You have heard that it was said,‘Do not commit adultery.’
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17 When he learned of this, Jesus said to them,“Why are you arguing about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Have your hearts been hardened?
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34 So Jesus said to them,“The people of this age marry and are given in marriage.
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22 When Jesus perceived their hostile thoughts, he said to them,“Why are you raising objections within yourselves?
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6 Why harden your hearts like the Egyptians and Pharaoh did? When God treated them harshly, didn’t the Egyptians send the Israelites on their way?
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1 The Eighth Blow: Locusts The LORD said to Moses,“Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, in order to display these signs of mine before him,
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9 He also said to them,“You neatly reject the commandment of God in order to set up your tradition.
- Matt 15:5-73 verses67%
5 But you say,‘If someone tells his father or mother,“Whatever help you would have received from me is given to God,”
6 he does not need to honor his father.’ You have nullified the word of God on account of your tradition.
7 Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you when he said,
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5 After looking around at them in anger, grieved by the hardness of their hearts, he said to the man,“Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.
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29 Jesus answered them,“You are deceived, because you don’t know the scriptures or the power of God.
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1 If a man marries a woman and she does not please him because he has found something indecent in her, then he may draw up a divorce document, give it to her, and evict her from his house.
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31 Now as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God,
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4 When Jesus perceived their thoughts he said,“Why do you respond with evil in your hearts?
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27 Then he said to them,“The Sabbath was made for people, not people for the Sabbath.
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31 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.
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12 then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother.
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52 because they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.
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24 Jesus said to them,“Aren’t you deceived for this reason, because you don’t know the scriptures or the power of God?
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16 Therefore, cleanse your heart and stop being so stubborn!
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10 True Defilement Then he called the crowd to him and said,“Listen and understand.
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13 Yet Pharaoh’s heart became hard, and he did not listen to them, just as the LORD had predicted.
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8 Now immediately, when Jesus realized in his spirit that they were contemplating such thoughts, he said to them,“Why are you thinking such things in your hearts?
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12 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not listen to them, just as the LORD had predicted to Moses.