Mark 10:5

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

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
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“But Jesus said unto them, For your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“And Jesus answering said to them, `For the stiffness of your heart he wrote you this command,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Mark 10:5 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 9:6Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the LORD your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people.
  2. Deuteronomy 31:27For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are already rebelling against the LORD while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after my death!
  3. Nehemiah 9:16But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments.
  4. Nehemiah 9:26But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.
  5. Matthew 19:8Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hardness of heart; but it was not this way from the beginning.
  6. Acts 7:51You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
  7. Hebrews 3:7Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,

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