Mar 10:5 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Mark 10:5-9: 10:5-9 God permitted divorce as a concession to the hard hearts of the people. But God’s will is more aptly expressed in the passages that Jesus quotes from the law of Moses (Gen 1:27 ; 2:23-24 ; see also Mal 2:16 ). Jesus shows that God delights in marriage, which is the creation of a new union in which two become one. No one should rebel against God’s will by seeking to split apart what God has united.

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Summary for Mark 10:5-9: 10:5-9 ^a God permitted divorce as a concession to the hard hearts of the people. But God’s will is more aptly expressed in the passages that Jesus quotes from the law of Moses (Gen 1:27 ^b; 2:23-24 ^c; see also Mal 2:16 ^d). Jesus shows that God delights in marriage, which is the creation of a new union in which two become one. No one should rebel against God’s will by seeking to split apart what God has united.