Mark 10:5 meaning and explanation

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

Mark 10:5, Berean Standard Bible

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Jesus is answering Pharisees who tested him on whether divorce was lawful. They cited Moses, so Jesus reframes the command: Moses wrote it, he says, because of your hardness of heart, a phrase echoing the stubbornness Israel showed in the wilderness.

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