King James Version
Mark 10:5 in the King James Version says “And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.” — study this verse from Mark chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.”
Mark 10:5 · KJV
And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?
And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“answered”
G611to conclude for oneself, i.e., (by implication) to respond; by hebraism (compare h6030) to begin to speak (where an address is expected)
“Jesus”
G2424jesus (i.e., jehoshua), the name of our lord and two (three) other israelites
“unto them”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“For”
G4314a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e., toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e., pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of,
“heart”
G4641hard-heartedness, i.e., (specially), destitution of (spiritual) perception
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