Mark 10:5 (DRB)

Passage

To whom Jesus answering, said: Because of the hardness of your heart, he wrote you that precept.

Nearby Context

Mark 10:3 But he answering, saith to them: What did Moses command you?

Mark 10:4 Who said: Moses permitted to write a bill of divorce and to put her away.

Mark 10:5 To whom Jesus answering, said: Because of the hardness of your heart, he wrote you that precept.

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

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

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "jesus", "answering", "said", "hardness", "heart", "wrote", and "precept". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jesus" and "answering", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "Who said Moses permitted to write a..." into verse 6's "But from the beginning of the creation...", so "jesus" and "answering" belong inside that flow. In Mark context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "jesus" and "answering" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.