New Revised Standard Version
But Jesus said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart he wrote this commandment for you.

Contemporary English Version
Jesus replied, "Moses gave you this law because you are so heartless.

New American Bible
But Jesus told them, “Because of the hardness of your hearts he wrote you this commandment.

Douay-Rheims Bible
To whom Jesus answering, said: Because of the hardness of your heart, he wrote you that precept.

To whom Jesus answering, said: Because of the hardness of your heart, he wrote you that precept.

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Deuteronomy 9:6 Know therefore that the Lord thy God giveth thee not this excellent land in possession for thy justices, for thou art a very stiffnecked people.

Deuteronomy 31:27 For I know thy obstinacy, and thy most stiff neck. While I am yet living, and going in with you, you have always been rebellious against the Lord: how much more when I shall be dead?

Nehemiah 9:16,17,26 But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks and hearkened not to thy commandments. . . .

Matthew 19:8 He saith to them: Because Moses by reason of the hardness of your heart permitted you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

Acts 7:51 You stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Ghost. As your fathers did, so do you also.

Hebrews 3:7-10 Wherefore, as the Holy Ghost saith: To-day if you shall hear his voice, . . .