Mark 10:7
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
Mark 10:7 in other translations
| BSB | ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, |
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| WEB | For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife, |
| ASV | For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; |
| YLT | on this account shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, |
| DARBY | For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be united to his wife, |
| BBE | For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife; |
| Webster | For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; |
What does Mark 10:7 mean?
Barnes' Notes
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 10:1-12
Wherever Jesus was, the people flocked after him in crowds, and he taught them. Preaching was Christ's constant practice. He here shows that the reason why Moses' law allowed divorce, was such that they ought not to use the permission; it was only for the hardness of their hearts. God himself joined man and wife together; he has fitted them to be comforts and helps for each other. The bond which God has tied, is not…
Mark 10:7 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Mark 10:7
- Genesis 2:24
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
- Matthew 19:5-6
And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
- Ephesians 5:31
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Mark 10:6
But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
- Mark 10:7
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
- Mark 10:8
And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
Mark 10:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Por esto dejará el hombre á su padre y á su madre, y se juntará á su mujer. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | c’est pourquoi l’homme laissera son père et sa mère et sera uni à sa femme, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | "Um deswillen wird ein Mensch seinen Vater und seine Mutter verlassen und seinem Weibe anhangen, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Propter hoc relinquet homo patrem suum et matrem, et adhærebit ad uxorem suam: |