Mark 10:8

So then, they are not just 2 people anymore. It is like they have become one body.

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In The King James Version

And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.

In Context

7God's way is for a man to leave his father and mother and marry a woman so that they can join up together and make a new family.

9And so, if God has joined them together like that, no-one should try and split them up.”

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Cross References

Genesis 2:24Yes, God made the woman out of the man's body. This is why when a man gets married, he leaves his mother and father and lives with his wife. They join together, and it is like they are one body.

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 →

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