Markus 10:3-5

10:3 He answered them, ¹  “What did Moses command you?” 10:4 They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her.” ²  10:5 But Jesus said to them, “He wrote this commandment for you because of your hard hearts. ³ 

[10:3]  ¹ tn Grk “But answering, he said to them.”

[10:4]  ² tn Grk “to divorce.” The pronoun has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[10:4]  sn An allusion to Deut 24:1. The Pharisees were all in agreement that the OT permitted a man to write a certificate of dismissal and divorce his wife (not vice-versa) and that remarriage was therefore sanctioned. But the two rabbinic schools of Shammai and Hillel differed on the grounds for divorce. Shammai was much stricter than Hillel and permitted divorce only in the case of sexual immorality. Hillel permitted divorce for almost any reason (cf. the Mishnah, m. Gittin 9.10).

[10:5]  ³ tn Grk “heart” (a collective singular).