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Scott's Reference Library
October 5, 2003 | October 8, 2006 | October 4, 2009
Mark 10:2 through Mark 10:16 (NIV)
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.”
13People were bringing little children to Jesus to have him touch them, but the
disciples rebuked them. 14When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to
them, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the
kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 15I tell you the truth, anyone who will
not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” 16And
he took the children in his arms, put his hands on them and blessed them.
See also Genesis 2:18-24
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
VERSES 1-12
Wherever Jesus was, the people flocked after him in crowds, and he taught them.
Preaching was Christ’s constant practice. He here shows that the reason why
Moses’ law allowed divorce, was such that they ought not to use the permission;
it was only for the hardness of their hearts. God himself joined man and wife
together; he has fitted them to be comforts and helps for each other. The bond
which God has tied, is not to be lightly untied. Let those who are for putting
away their wives consider what would become of themselves, if God should deal
with them in like manner.
VERSES 13-16
Some parents or nurses brought little children to Christ, that he should touch
them, in token of his blessing them. It does not appear that they needed bodily
cures, nor were they capable of being taught: but those who had the care of them
believed that Christ’s blessing would do their souls good; therefore they
brought them to him. Jesus ordered that they should be brought to him, and that
nothing should be said or done to hinder it. Children should be directed to the
Saviour as soon as they are able to understand his words. Also, we must receive
the kingdom of God as little children; we must stand affected to Christ and his
grace, as little children to their parents, nurses, and teachers.