Mark 10:7
on this account will a man leave his father and mother, and will cleave to his wife,
Literal Standard Version
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 a male and a female;
8and they will be—the two—for one flesh, so that they are no longer two, but one flesh;
Cross References
Matthew 19:5and said, For this cause will a man leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they will be—the two—for 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 →