10:1–12 This passage containing Jesus’ teaching on the subject of divorce is placed in the block of material devoted to teaching on discipleship (8:27–10:52) because it concerns one of the most important areas of responsibility (marriage) for disciples, or for anyone for that matter. It is possible that this passage is placed immediately after the preceding material that urges peace among disciples (9:50) because marriage provides one of the most common areas of strife, though it should be noted that 10:1 is a transitional statement, indicating that a new unit of material is being presented. From another perspective, 10:1–31 may have been associated in Mark’s purpose because the material deals successively with marriage (vv. 1–12), children (13–16), and possessions (17–31), all these thing…