Mark 10:7
For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother; and shall cleave to his wife.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
In Context
6But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female.
8And they two shall be in one flesh. Therefore now they are not two, but one flesh.
Cross References
Matthew 19:5For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be in one flesh.
Matthew Henry on Mark 10:2-13
The Doctrine of Divorce. 1 And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judæa by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again. 2 And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him. 3 And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you? 4 And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away. 5 And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of… Read the whole commentary →