Mark 10:8
and the twain shall become one flesh: so that they are no more twain, but one flesh.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
In Context
7For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife;
9What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Cross References
Genesis 2:24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Ephesians 5:28Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth 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 →