Tempting him (πειραζοντες). As soon as Jesus appears in Galilee the Pharisees attack him again (cf. 7:5; 8:11). Gould thinks that …

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…

The question posed by the Pharisees was not a sincere one. They were testing him, trying to catch him in some statement about a subject on which th…

And the: Pharisees came unto him
As they every where did; not to be instructed by him, but to ensnare him;