Mark 10:2

World English Bible (2000)

Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"

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  • Matt 23:13 : 13 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.
  • Luke 11:53-54 : 53 As he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be terribly angry, and to draw many things out of him; 54 lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.
  • John 8:6 : 6 They said this testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus stooped down, and wrote on the ground with his finger.
  • John 11:47 : 47 The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, "What are we doing? For this man does many signs.
  • John 11:57 : 57 Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had commanded that if anyone knew where he was, he should report it, that they might seize him.
  • 1 Cor 7:10-11 : 10 But to the married I command--not I, but the Lord--that the wife not leave her husband 11 (but if she departs, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband not leave his wife.
  • 1 Cor 10:9 : 9 Neither let us test the Lord, as some of them tested, and perished by the serpents.
  • Luke 16:14 : 14 The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at him.
  • John 7:32 : 32 The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.
  • John 7:48 : 48 Have any of the rulers believed in him, or of the Pharisees?
  • Mark 8:11 : 11 The Pharisees came out and began to question him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, and testing him.
  • Mark 8:15 : 15 He warned them, saying, "Take heed: beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod."
  • Luke 5:30 : 30 Their scribes and the Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?"
  • Luke 6:7 : 7 The scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an accusation against him.
  • Luke 7:30 : 30 But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God, not being baptized by him themselves.
  • Luke 11:39 : 39 The Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.
  • Mal 2:16 : 16 For I hate divorce," says Yahweh, the God of Israel, "and him who covers his garment with violence!" says Yahweh of Armies. "Therefore take heed to your spirit, that you don't deal treacherously.
  • Matt 5:31-32 : 31 "It was also said, 'Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,' 32 but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.
  • Matt 9:34 : 34 But the Pharisees said, "By the prince of the demons, he casts out demons."
  • Matt 15:12 : 12 Then the disciples came, and said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended, when they heard this saying?"
  • Matt 16:1 : 1 The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
  • Matt 19:3 : 3 Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?"
  • Matt 22:35 : 35 One of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him.

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    3 Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?"

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  • Mark 10:3-5
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    3 He answered, "What did Moses command you?"

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

    5 But Jesus said to them, "For your hardness of heart, he wrote you this commandment.

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    11 The Pharisees came out and began to question him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, and testing him.

  • Matt 19:7-10
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    7 They asked him, "Why then did Moses command us to give her a bill of divorce, and divorce her?"

    8 He said to them, "Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.

    9 I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery."

    10 His disciples said to him, "If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry."

  • Matt 22:34-36
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    34 But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, gathered themselves together.

    35 One of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him.

    36 "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?"

  • Mark 10:9-12
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    9 What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate."

    10 In the house, his disciples asked him again about the same matter.

    11 He said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her.

    12 If a woman herself divorces her husband, and marries another, she commits adultery."

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    1 The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

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    41 Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question,

  • Matt 22:15-18
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    15 Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap him in his talk.

    16 They sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are honest, and teach the way of God in truth, no matter who you teach, for you aren't partial to anyone.

    17 Tell us therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?"

    18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, "Why do you test me, you hypocrites?

  • Mark 10:1
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    1 He arose from there and came into the borders of Judea and beyond the Jordan. Multitudes came together to him again. As he usually did, he was again teaching them.

  • Mark 2:24
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    24 The Pharisees said to him, "Behold, why do they do that which is not lawful on the Sabbath day?"

  • Luke 20:22-23
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    22 Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?"

    23 But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them, "Why do you test me?

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    25 Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"

    26 He said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read it?"

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    13 They sent some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians to him, that they might trap him with words.

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    15 Shall we give, or shall we not give?" But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, "Why do you test me? Bring me a denarius, that I may see it."

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    31 "It was also said, 'Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,'

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  • Luke 11:53
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    53 As he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be terribly angry, and to draw many things out of him;

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    2 But some of the Pharisees said to them, "Why do you do that which is not lawful to do on the Sabbath day?"

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    2 But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, "Behold, your disciples do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath."

  • Luke 16:18
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    18 Everyone who divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.

  • Luke 20:2
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    2 They asked him, "Tell us: by what authority do you do these things? Or who is giving you this authority?"

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    3 Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?"

  • Mark 3:6
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    6 The Pharisees went out, and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

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    18 There came to him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection. They asked him, saying,

  • Mark 7:1
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    1 Then the Pharisees, and some of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem.

  • John 8:5
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    5 Now in our law, Moses commanded us to stone such. What then do you say about her?"

  • Matt 12:10
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    10 And behold there was a man with a withered hand. They asked him, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?" that they might accuse him.

  • Deut 24:1
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    1 When a man takes a wife, and marries her, then it shall be, if she find no favor in his eyes, because he has found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorce, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

  • Luke 20:27
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    27 Some of the Sadducees came to him, those who deny that there is a resurrection.

  • Matt 22:23
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    23 On that day Sadducees (those who say that there is no resurrection) came to him. They asked him,