Mark 10:8
and they shall be — the two — for one flesh; so that they are no more two, but one flesh;
Young's Literal Translation
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 shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife,
9what therefore God did join together, let not man put asunder.'
Cross References
Genesis 2:24therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto 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 — himself he doth love;
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 →