From the Beginning: Mark 10:1-12
The Pharisees came with a question designed to trap. The divorce debate was contentious—Rabbi Hillel allowed it for almost any reason; Rabbi Shammai restricted it to sexual immorality. Whichever side Jesus took, he would make enemies.
"Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"
Jesus answered their question with a question: "What did Moses command you?"
"Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away."
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