"And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh." — Mark 10:8

Mark 10:8 · KJV

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

— Mark 10:8

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

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

Mark 10 — Context

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.

And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same {matter}.

Cross References

Ephesians 5:28

So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

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.

1 Corinthians 6:16

What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.