Mar 10:4 | TNotes | STEP | 10:4 The Pharisees quoted what Moses permitted . There was much debate among rabbis as to what constituted the “something wrong” (see Deut 24:1 ) that made divorce permissible. Rabbi Shammai allowed divorce only on the basis of sexual immorality. Rabbi Hillel permitted divorce even if a woman burned her husband’s dinner or was less attractive than someone else ( Mishnah Gittin 9:10).

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‏ Mark 10:4

10:4 ^a The Pharisees quoted what Moses permitted. There was much debate among rabbis as to what constituted the “something wrong” (see Deut 24:1 ^b) that made divorce permissible. Rabbi Shammai allowed divorce only on the basis of sexual immorality. Rabbi Hillel permitted divorce even if a woman burned her husband’s dinner or was less attractive than someone else (Mishnah Gittin 9:10).