Mark 10:5
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To whom Jesus answering, said: Because of the hardness of your heart, he wrote you that precept.

For.

Deuteronomy 9:6 Know therefore that the Lord thy God giveth thee not this excellent land in possession for thy justices, for thou art a very stiffnecked people.

Deuteronomy 31:27 For I know thy obstinacy, and thy most stiff neck. While I am yet living, and going in with you, you have always been rebellious against the Lord: how much more when I shall be dead?

Nehemiah 9:16,17,26 But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks and hearkened not to thy commandments. . . .

Matthew 19:8 He saith to them: Because Moses by reason of the hardness of your heart permitted you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

Acts 7:51 You stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Ghost. As your fathers did, so do you also.

Hebrews 3:7-10 Wherefore, as the Holy Ghost saith: To-day if you shall hear his voice, . . .

Context
Teachings about Divorce
4Who said: Moses permitted to write a bill of divorce and to put her away. 5To whom Jesus answering, said: Because of the hardness of your heart, he wrote you that precept. 6But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female.…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 24:1
If a man take a wife, and have her, and she find not favour in his eyes, for some uncleanness: he shall write a bill of divorce, and shall give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

Matthew 19:8
He saith to them: Because Moses by reason of the hardness of your heart permitted you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

Lexicon
But
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

Jesus
Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.

told
εἶπεν (eipen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

them,
αὐτοῖς (autois)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

“[Moses] wrote
ἔγραψεν (egrapsen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1125: A primary verb; to 'grave', especially to write; figuratively, to describe.

this
ταύτην (tautēn)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3778: This; he, she, it.

commandment
ἐντολὴν (entolēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1785: An ordinance, injunction, command, law. From entellomai; injunction, i.e. An authoritative prescription.

for you
ὑμῖν (hymin)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

because
Πρὸς (Pros)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 4314: To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward.

your
ὑμῶν (hymōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

hearts were hard.
σκληροκαρδίαν (sklērokardian)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 4641: Feminine of a compound of skleros and kardia; hard-heartedness, i.e., destitution of perception.


Additional Translations
But Jesus told them, “Moses wrote this commandment for you because your hearts were hard.

But Jesus said to them, "He wrote this commandment for you because of your hardness of heart;

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

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

And Jesus answering said to them, In view of your hard-heartedness he wrote this commandment for you;

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

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

"It was in consideration of your stubborn hearts," said Jesus, "that Moses enacted this law for you;

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

And Jesus answering said to them, 'For the stiffness of your heart he wrote you this command,
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