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Berean Standard Bible

“Some Pharisees came to test Him. “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” they inquired.”

Mark 10:2

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Jesus has moved into Judea and beyond the Jordan, where crowds gather and he teaches them. The Pharisees approach to test him on a question that divided Jewish teachers of the day: the grounds for divorce.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Some Pharisees came to test Him. “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” they inquired.

World English Bible (WEB)

Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”

King James Version (KJV)

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

American Standard Version (ASV)

And there came unto him Pharisees, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away [his] wife? trying him.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And Pharisees came to him, testing him with the question, Is it right for a man to put away his wife?

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

And the Pharisees, having come near, questioned him, if it is lawful for a husband to put away a wife, tempting him,

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y llegándose los Fariseos, le preguntaron, para tentarle, si era lícito al marido repudiar á su mujer.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Varios fariseos se le acercaron y le preguntaron: ―¿Es correcto que un hombre se divorcie de su mujer? Trataban de tenderle una celada.

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