Mark does not give the exception stated in Mt 19:9 "except for fornication" which see for discussion, though the point is really involved in what M…

And the Pharisees came to him. (See Notes on Matthew 19:3-12). We are not surprised to find St. Mark omitting the “hard s…

The Venerable Bede: Until now, Mark has related what our Lord said and did in Galilee. Here he begins to relate what He did, ta…

Mark records no response of the Pharisees to Jesus’ teaching about divorce. Instead he moves directly to Jesus’ private teaching of the Twelve, who…

And he saith unto them The same things as in Mt 5:32, 19:9; (See Gill on Matthew 5:32), (See Gill on Matthew…

Wherever Jesus was, the people flocked after him in crowds, and he taught them. Preaching was Christ's constant practice. He shows here that the re…