Mark 10:7

Mark 10:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
• New International Version (NIV)‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,
• English Standard Version (ESV)'Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife,
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife,

Context of Mark 10:7

5But Jesus said to them, “Because of your hardness of hearts [your callousness and insensitivity toward your wives and the provision of God] he wrote you this precept. 6But from the beginning of creation God made them male and female. For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother [to establish a home with his wife], 8and the two shall become one flesh; so that they are no longer two, but [are united as] one flesh. 9Therefore, what God has united and joined together, man must not separate [by divorce].”

Mark 10:7 word by word

ἕνεκεν τούτου καταλείψει ἄνθρωπος τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν μητέρα καὶ προσκολληθήσεται πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forἕνεκαheneka heneken heineken · because ofG1752
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• shallκαταλείπωkataleipō · to leave behindG2641
• a manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• fatherὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• motherμήτηρmētēr · motherG3384
• cleaveπροσκολλάωproskollaō · to joinG4347
• toπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• wifeγυνήgunē · woman: wifeG1135

Cross-references for Mark 10:7

• Genesis 2:24For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.
• Matthew 19:5and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be joined inseparably to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?
• Ephesians 5:31For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall be joined [and be faithfully devoted] to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.

Commentaries on Mark 10:7

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-12Verses 1-12 See this question about divorce explained in the notes at Matthew 19:1-12. Mark 10:12 And if a woman shall put away her husband - It would seem, from this, that a woman, among the Jews, had the power of separating herself from her husband, yet this right is not given her by the law of Moses. There is not, however, any positive evidence that females often claimed or exercised this right. Cases had occurred, indeed, in which it had been done…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-9God allowed divorce because people’s hearts were hard, meaning they would not obey God. But the passages that Jesus quotes from the law of Moses show God’s true plan for marriage (Genesis 1:27; 2:23–24; see also Malachi 2:16). These passages show that God values marriage. In marriage, a man and woman form a new union, and the two become one. People should not go against God’s will by separating what God has joined together.Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 10:7

• Husband
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Commentaries on Mark 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings