Mark 10:7

Authorized King James Version

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"‹For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;›"

— Mark 10:7, Authorized King James Version

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Mark 10 — Context

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 your heart he wrote you this precept.›

6

‹But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.›

7

‹For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;›

8

‹And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.›

9

‹What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.›

10

And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same [matter].