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Mark 10:7–8

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7*‘And for this reason a man will leave his father and mother and unite with his wife,q 8*and the two will become one.’ So they are no longer two, but one.

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Footnotes

  1. qSome manuscripts do not have and unite with his wife.

Cross references

  1. *10.7, 8: Gn 2:24
  2. *10.7, 8: Gn 2:24

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two but one flesh.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and the two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one flesh.

NLTNew Living Translation

‘This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.’ Since they are no longer two but one,

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Because of this a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh,’ so that they are no longer two but one flesh.

KJV 1900King James Version

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.