Mark 10:3 (YLT)

Passage

and he answering said to them, `What did Moses command you?'

Nearby Context

Mark 10:1 And having risen thence, he doth come to the coasts of Judea, through the other side of the Jordan, and again do multitudes come together unto him, and, as he had been accustomed, again he was teaching them.

Mark 10:2 And the Pharisees, having come near, questioned him, if it is lawful for a husband to put away a wife, tempting him,

Mark 10:3 and he answering said to them, `What did Moses command you?'

Mark 10:4 and they said, `Moses suffered to write a bill of divorce, and to put away.'

Mark 10:5 And Jesus answering said to them, `For the stiffness of your heart he wrote you this command,

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "And the Pharisees having come near questioned..." into verse 4's "and they said Moses suffered to write...", so "answering" 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 "answering" and "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.