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Mark 10:2

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¶ And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.
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  1. 1 Corinthians 7:10–11Rank 1 from verse 2
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    10And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:

    11But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

  2. John 8:6Rank 2 from verse 2
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    6This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.

  3. Luke 11:53–54Rank 3 from verse 2
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    53And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:

    54Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

  4. Matthew 23:13Rank 4 from verse 2
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    13¶ But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.

  5. 1 Corinthians 10:9Rank 5 from verse 2
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    9Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.

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Mark 10:2

COMBINED MEANING

lawful

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Allowed, permitted, authorized, valid, right, or in agreement with the governing law or command applicable to the matter.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

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put

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To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be.

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tempting

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of tempt. Sense 1: To try, test, put to the test. Sense 2: To entice toward evil.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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10:2¶ And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.

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10:3And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?

10:4And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.

10:5And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.

10:6But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.

10:7For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;

10:8And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.

10:9What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

10:10And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same matter.

10:11And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.

10:12And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.

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