Matthew: “As they separated from Jericho” ([xx, 29]).
Mark: “As he went out of Jericho” ([x, 46]).
Mark agrees with Luke and disagrees with Matthew as to the number of men, and agrees with Matthew and disagrees with Luke as to the time of its occurrence.
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What did Jesus say regarding divorce?
Mark: “And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife and marry another, committeth adultery against her. And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery” ([x, 11, 12]).
This was written by one acquainted with the Roman, but not with the Jewish law. The Jewish law did not recognize the right of a wife to put away her husband for any cause whatever. Matthew ([v, 31, 32]) and Luke ([xvi, 18]) knew better.