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Mark provides a series of parables in chronological order matched to the overall story of the Bible. This one is about Moses.

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42 Mark 10:1

42 Mark 10:1-12 ¹ܘܩܡ ܡܢ ܬܡܢ ܘܐܬܐ ܠܬܚܘܡܐ ܕܝܗܘܕ ܠܥܒܪܐ ܕܝܘܪܕܢܢ ܘܐܙܠܘ ܠܬܡܢ ܠܘܬܗ ܟܢܫܐ ܤܓܝܐܐ ܘܡܠܦ ܗܘܐ ܠܗܘܢ ܬܘܒ ܐܝܟ ܕܡܥܕ ܗܘܐ ܀ ²ܘܩܪܒܘ ܦܪܝܫܐ ܡܢܤܝܢ ܠܗ ܘܡܫܐܠܝܢ ܕܐܢ ܫܠܝܛ ܠܓܒܪܐ ܕܢܫܒܘܩ ܐܢܬܬܗ ܀ ³ܐܡܪ ܠܗܘܢ ܡܢܐ ܦܩܕܟܘܢ ܡܘܫܐ ܀ ⁴ܗܢܘܢ ܕܝܢ ܐܡܪܝܢ ܡܘܫܐ ܐܦܤ ܠܢ ܕܢܟܬܘܒ ܟܬܒܐ ܕܫܘܒܩܢܐ ܘܢܫܪܐ ܀ ⁵ܥܢܐ ܝܫܘܥ ܘܐܡܪ ܠܗܘܢ ܠܘܩܒܠ ܩܫܝܘܬ ܠܒܟܘܢ ܟܬܒ ܠܟܘܢ ܦܘܩܕܢܐ ܗܢܐ ܀ ⁶ܡܢ ܒܪܫܝܬ ܕܝܢ ܕܟܪܐ ܘܢܩܒܬܐ ܥܒܕ ܐܢܘܢ ܐܠܗܐ ܀ ⁷ܡܛܠ ܗܢܐ ܢܫܒܘܩ ܓܒܪܐ ܠܐܒܘܗܝ ܘܠܐܡܗ ܘܢܩܦ ܠܐܢܬܬܗ ܀ ⁸ܘܢܗܘܘܢ ܬܪܝܗܘܢ ܚܕ ܒܤܪ ܡܟܝܠ ܠܐ ܗܘܘ ܬܪܝܢ ܐܠܐ ܚܕ ܒܤܪ ܀ ⁹ܡܕܡ ܕܐܠܗܐ ܗܟܝܠ ܙܘܓ ܒܪܢܫܐ ܠܐ ܢܦܪܫ ܀ ¹⁰ܘܫܐܠܘܗܝ ܬܘܒ ܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ ܒܒܝܬܐ ܥܠ ܗܕܐ ܀ ¹¹ܘܐܡܪ ܠܗܘܢ ܟܠ ܡܢ ܕܢܫܪܐ ܐܢܬܬܗ ܘܢܤܒ ܐܚܪܬܐ ܓܐܪ ܀ ¹²ܘܐܢ ܐܢܬܬܐ ܬܫܪܐ ܒܥܠܗ ܘܬܗܘܐ ܠܐܚܪܢܐ ܓܝܪܐ ܀ (SYP)

42 Mark 10:1-12 ¹And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judaea by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again.

²And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him. ³And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you? ⁴And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away. ⁵And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept. ⁶But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. ⁷For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; ⁸And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh. ⁹What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. ¹⁰And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same matter. ¹¹And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. ¹²And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.(KJV)

42 Mark 10:1-12 ¹And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judaea by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again.

²And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him. ³And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you? ⁴And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away. ⁵And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept. ⁶But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. ⁷For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; ⁸And the 2 shall be 1 flesh: so then they are no more 2, but 1 flesh. ⁹What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. ¹⁰And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same matter. ¹¹And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. ¹²And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.(KJV/NC)

42 Mark 10:1-12 ¹And he arose from thence and cometh into the borders of Judaea and beyond the Jordan: and multitudes come together unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again. ²And there came unto him Pharisees, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? trying him. ³And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you? ⁴And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away. ⁵But Jesus said unto them, For your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. ⁶But from the beginning of the creation, Male and female made he them. ⁷For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; ⁸and the two shall become one flesh: so that they are no more two, but one flesh. ⁹What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. ¹⁰And in the house the disciples asked him again of this matter. ¹¹And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her: ¹²and if she herself shall put away her husband, and marry another, she committeth adultery. (ASV)

42 Mark 10:1-12 ¹AND he departed from thence, and came to the border of Judea at the crossing of the Jordan; and a great many people went to him there, and he taught them again as he was accustomed to do. ²And the Pharisees came to him, tempting him and asking, Is it lawful for a man to leave his wife? ³He said to them, What did Moses command you? ⁴They said, Moses gave us permission to write a letter of separation, and then to divorce. ⁵Jesus answered, saying to them, It was because of the hardness of your heart that he wrote for you this particular law. ⁶But from the very beginning God made them male and female. ⁷For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and cleave to his wife. ⁸And both shall be one flesh; henceforth they are not two, but one flesh. ⁹What therefore God has joined, let no man separate. ¹⁰And his disciples again asked him about this in the house. ¹¹And he said to them, Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery. ¹²And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery. (LAM)

42 Mark 10:1-12 ¹And he left there and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan, and crowds gathered to him again; and again, as his custom was, he taught them.

²And Pharisees came up and in order to test him asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?" ³He answered them, "What did Moses command you?" ⁴They said, "Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce, and to put her away." ⁵But Jesus said to them, "For your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. ⁶But from the beginning of creation, `God made them male and female.' ⁷`For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, ⁸and the two shall become one flesh.' So they are no longer two but one flesh. ⁹What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder."

¹⁰And in the house the disciples asked him again about this matter. ¹¹And he said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another, commits adultery against her; ¹²and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery."(RSV)

42 Mark 10:1-12 ¹Jesus then left that place and went into the region of Judea and across the Jordan. Again crowds of people came to him, and as was his custom, he taught them.

²Some Pharisees came and tested him by asking, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"

³"What did Moses command you?" he replied.

⁴They said, "Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away."

⁵"It was because your hearts were hard that Moses wrote you this law," Jesus replied. ⁶"But at the beginning of creation God `made them male and female.' ⁷`For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, ⁸and the two will become one flesh.' So they are no longer two, but one. ⁹Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate."

¹⁰When they were in the house again, the disciples asked Jesus about this. ¹¹He answered, "Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her. ¹²And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery."(NIV)

42 Mark 10:1-12 ¹He arose from there and came into the borders of Judea and beyond the Jordan. Multitudes came together to him again. As he usually did, he was again teaching them. ²Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, 'Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?'

³He answered, 'What did Moses command you?'

⁴They said, 'Moses allowed a certificate of divorce to be written, and to divorce her.'

⁵But Jesus said to them, 'For your hardness of heart, he wrote you this commandment. ⁶But from the beginning of the creation, 'God made them male and female. ⁷For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife, ⁸and the two will become one flesh,' so that they are no longer two, but one flesh. ⁹What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.'

¹⁰In the house, his disciples asked him again about the same matter. ¹¹He said to them, 'Whoever divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her. ¹²If a woman herself divorces her husband, and marries another, she commits adultery.'(WEB)

³He answered, 'What did Moses command you?'

⁴They said, 'Moses allowed a certificate of divorce to be written, and to divorce her.'

⁵But Yeshua said to them, 'For your hardness of heart, he wrote you this commandment. ⁶But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female. ⁷For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife, ⁸and the two will become one flesh, so that they are no longer two, but one flesh. ⁹What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.'

42 Mark 10:1-12 ¹AND he departed from there, and came to the border of Judea at the crossing of the Jordan; and a great many people went to him there, and he taught them again as he was accustomed to do. ²And the Pharisees came to him, tempting him and asking, Is it lawful for a man to leave his wife? ³He said to them, What did Moses command you? ⁴They said, Moses gave us permission to write a letter of separation, and then to divorce. ⁵Jesus answered, saying to them, It was because of the hardness of your heart that he wrote this particular law for you. ⁶But from the very beginning God made them male and female. ⁷For this reason a man will leave his father and his mother and penetrate his wife. ⁸And both will be one flesh; from then on they are not 2, but 1 flesh. ⁹What therefore God has joined, let no man separate. ¹⁰And his disciples again asked him about this in the house. ¹¹And he said to them, Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery. ¹²And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery. (BRB)

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Background

The parable begins with a crossing of the Jordan river. It takes place on the other side of the Jordan. This is a hint as to the prophetic application of this passage... near the Jordan.

There is a large crowd gathered together in one place, as the ancient Israelites were for the 40 years between leaving Egypt and crossing the Jordan into Canaan.

The Pharisees approach Jesus and ask Jesus if it is lawful to divorce. The entire book of Deutoronomy, one account of the Mosaic law, was given on a single day in the few days before crossing the Jordan.

Jesus pushes back at these men who should be experts in the Law of Moses. He asks what the Law of Moses says about divorce. This, too, is a reference to the time of Moses, setting the general timing of the parable about the year 9040 AA, the last year of the wandering in the wilderness when the Israelites were across the Jordan.

Jesus continues and explains that at the beginning it was not God's intension that men and women should separate in divorce. At a marriage men and women become one flesh. He concludes with the point of the parable. What God has joined together, men should not separate.

Though this discussion is covering the topic of marriage, the discussion is a parable. In the New Testament marriage is used as a metaphor describing the relationship God has with his people. Paul explains this in a letter where he goes into more depth and states in clear text this is a description of the relationship between people and God. (cite)

Notes on Symbolism

This symbolism is typical of a modern marriage ceremony where the bride and groom walk the isle between the parted community. It is also typical of the Biblical form for covenant making. In order to make a covenant typically an animal, sometimes several animals are cut into two pieces and the parties making the covenant pass between the pieces. The symbolic significance to this ceremony is that if either party breaks their part of the bargain then the offended party has the right to cut the offender into pieces like the animal.

In the case of the Red Sea the the significance is in the meaning of the seas themselves. Seas represent the peoples of the world. (cite from Rev.) By passing through the seas together the Lord and the people make a covenant. Should either break that covenant the offending party will be cut into two pieces and thrown back into the peoples.

Of course the Lord is without sin and will not break his part to a covenant. This is in part why he guards his words so carefully.

The people, though, were the ones prone to breaking covenant. After crossing the Red Sea the people demonstrated that they were quick to break the marriage covenant. The Lord, though, was slow to exercise his part of the covenant. The kingdom itself was not split into two kingdoms until after the reign of King Solomon. There, during the time of Rehoboam king of Judah and Jeroboam, king of Israel, the kingdom was split into two parts. A split that continues to this day. (Between Russia and the English speaking world.)

The adultery that Jesus refers to at the end of this parable is the behavior of the people after crossing the Red Sea. They went after other gods and so broke the marriage covenant they had entered into at the Red Sea. The reason no one would approach Jesus in this matter after his discourse is because no one would approach the Lord early in the time of wandering in the wilderness. Only Moses, here pictured by the disciples, could safely approach the Lord.

In the case of the ancient Israelites leaving Egypt, it was the younger generation, those people in their 19th year or younger at the time of the Exodus, who would be able to cross the Jordan river and enter into Canaan. Those children are the subject of the next parable.

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