"For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;" — Mark 10:7

Mark 10:7 · KJV

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

— Mark 10:7

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

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

Mark 10 — Context

And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.

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

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.

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

Cross References

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?

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.