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.