Mark 10:8
and they will be—the two—for one flesh, so that they are no longer two, but one flesh;
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
In Context
7on this account will a man leave his father and mother, and will cleave to his wife,
9what God therefore joined together, do not let man separate.”
Cross References
Genesis 2:24therefore a man leaves his father and his mother, and has cleaved to his wife, and they have become one flesh.
Ephesians 5:28so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife—he loves himself;
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 →