◄ Mark 10:7 ►
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Good News Translation
'And for this reason a man will leave his father and mother and unite with his wife,

New Revised Standard Version
‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife,

Contemporary English Version
That's why a man leaves his father and mother and gets married.

New American Bible
For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother [and be joined to his wife],

Douay-Rheims Bible
For this cause, a man shall leave his father and mother and shall cleave to his wife.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For this cause, a man shall leave his father and mother and shall cleave to his wife.

Genesis 2:24 Wherefore a man shall leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be two in one flesh.

Matthew 19:5,6 For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be in one flesh. . . .

Ephesians 5:31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother: and shall cleave to his wife. And they shall be two in one flesh.

Context
Teachings about Divorce
…6But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female. 7For this cause, a man shall leave his father and mother and shall cleave to his wife. 8And they two shall be in one flesh. Therefore now they are not two, but one flesh.…
Cross References
Genesis 2:24
Wherefore a man shall leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be two in one flesh.

Ephesians 5:31
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother: and shall cleave to his wife. And they shall be two in one flesh.

Mark 10:6
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