Mark 10:5 (LSB)

Passage

But Jesus said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart he wrote for you this commandment.

Nearby Context

Mark 10:3 And He answered and said to them, “What did Moses command you?”

Mark 10:4 And they said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.”

Mark 10:5 But Jesus said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart he wrote for you this commandment.

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

Mark 10:7 For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother,

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "And they said Moses permitted a man..." into verse 6's "But from the beginning of creation God...", so "jesus" and "said" 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 "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.