And Pharisees came up and in order to test him asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”
Our Lord Jesus was an itinerant Preacher, did not continue long in a place, for the whole land of Canaan was his parish, or diocese, and therefore he would visit every part of it, and give instructions to those in the remotest corners of it.
Commenting on Mark 10:1-12
And the: Pharisees came unto him,.... As they every where did; not to be instructed by him, but to ensnare him; and asked him, is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? that is, as Matthew adds, "for every cause"; see Gill on Mat 19:3, for, a divorce might be lawfully made for a cause, or reason, namely, adultery, but not for...
Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? - See this question about divorce largely explained on Mat 19:3-12 (note).