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But Jesus said to them, "For your hardness of heart, he wrote you this commandment.
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A Law for Hard Hearts
Commentators unanimously explain that Jesus identifies the Mosaic law on divorce not as God's perfect will, but as a concession. It was permitted because of the "hardness" of human hearts, an accommodation to human weakness and sinfulness in a fallen world.
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19th Century
Anglican
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…
Jesus did not question the law. But his answer reaches back to first principles. Moses’ permission to divorce was an accommodation to human weaknes…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Jesus answered and said to them With respect to this command, or sufferance of Moses, which they urged:
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Presbyterian
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…
