ISB ~ Mark 10 v11 - 12

Divorce and remarriage are prohibited in the New Covenant (Lk 16:18; 1 Cor 7:10-11; CCC 2382-86). To divorce and remarry is to commit adultery. According to Mark’s account, Jesus warns both spouses of this danger. This speaks directly to Mark’s readers in ancient Rome, where men and women shared the right to initiate divorce. This double warning may also evoke the well-known story of Herod Antipas’ illicit union with Herodias, since both of them abandoned their respective spouses before unlawfully remarrying. See note on Mt 14:4 and 19:9.