10:3
So how does Jesus respond? First note that He does not shy away from the matter. Why is He bold enough to do this? Because He has confidence in the word of God, and He sees to the heart of the matter, both the heart of what God says and intends, and what is in the heart of the people, especially the Hillel school. So often Christian leaders today give mealy mouthed answers when questioned on LGBT issues, not wanting to “offend” people, so afraid of being accused of having some sort of phobia, or being bigoted. Jesus understood God’s ways, and knew that His ways were best for man, the same applies in all matters involving sexual morality. Next Jesus points them to what Moses said. Now they thought they knew what Moses said, and they did know the words, but had no idea of the real meaning.
10:4,5
So the Pharisees quoted the words, but the words had been interpreted as a sanctioning of divorce. Jesus tells them that they were given “because of your hardness of heart”. They were a law to mitigate the effects of our sinfulness. Marriage is meant to be for life, but because we are sinful there will be times when that does not happen. Women, in particular, could suffer really badly if they were just abandoned, just dumped. The law was there to give a degree of protection to women.
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