Mark 10:1-9 The Challenging Question on Divorce (10:1-4)
- The Pharisees came to trap Jesus in order to discredit His authority and destroy His popularity.
The Confrontational Answer to Hardened Hearts (10:5)
- Jesus confronts the Pharisees on their hardness of heart toward God and His Word.
The Creation-Based Teaching on Marriage (10:6-9)
- Jesus takes us back to creation to teach on the sanctity and exclusivity of marriage.
- Jesus’ words on marriage are echoed in Ephesians 5:31-32 as a picture of the Gospel.