Mark 10:7
5 And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
6 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,
- KJV
- For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
- WEB
- For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife,
- ASV
- For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife;
- DARBY
- For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be united to his wife,
- BLB
- ‘On account of this a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife,
- ÅB
- Derfor skal mannen forlate sin far og mor og holde seg til sin hustru,
- OTB
- Derfor skal en mann forlate sin far og mor og forenes med sin kone,
- B1930
- Derfor skal mannen forlate sin far og mor og holde sig til sin hustru,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 2:24
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Read in contextMatthew 19:5–6
And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
Read in contextEphesians 5:31
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
Read in context