Mark 10:7

Easy-to-Read Version

‘That is why a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
For this reason a man will leave

King James Version (1611)
For this cause shall a man leaue his father and mother, and cleaue to his wife,

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

English Standard Version
‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife,

New American Standard Bible
"FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER,

New Century Version
‘So a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife,

Amplified Bible
"FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND HIS MOTHER [to establish a home with his wife],

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER,

Legacy Standard Bible
For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother,

Berean Standard Bible
'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,

Contemporary English Version
That's why a man leaves his father and mother and gets married.

Complete Jewish Bible
For this reason, a man should leave his father and mother and be united with his wife,

Darby Translation
For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be united to his wife,

Geneva Bible (1587)
For this cause shall man leaue his father and mother, and cleaue vnto his wife.

George Lamsa Translation
For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and follow his wife.

Good News Translation
‘And for this reason a man will leave his father and mother and unite with his wife,

Lexham English Bible
Because of this a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife,

Literal Translation
"Because of this, a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be joined to his wife,

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

Bible in Basic English
For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife;

Hebrew Names Version
For this cause will a man leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife,

International Standard Version
'That is why a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife,Genesis 2:24; 1 Corinthians 6:16; Ephesians 5:31;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
For this cause a man shall leave his father and his mother,

Murdock Translation
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and adhere to his wife:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
[And sayde] for this cause shall a man leaue his father and mother, and byde by his wyfe:

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

World English Bible
For this cause will a man leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife:

Weymouth's New Testament
For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cling to his wife,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and seide, For this thing a man schal leeue his fadir and modir,

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

Webster's Bible Translation
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;

New English Translation
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother,

New King James Version
"For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife,

New Living Translation
‘This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife,

New Life Bible
Because of this, a man is to leave his father and mother and is to live with his wife.

New Revised Standard
‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For this cause, shall a man leave behind his father and mother,

Douay-Rheims Bible
For this cause, a man shall leave his father and mother and shall cleave to his wife.

Revised Standard Version
'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And for this thinges sake shall ma leve his father and mother and bide by his wyfe

Young's Literal Translation
on this account shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For this cause shal a man leaue his father & mother, and cleue vnto his wife,

Mace New Testament (1729)
"wherefore, 'tis said, a man shall leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh."

Simplified Cowboy Version
It's because of this that a cowboy will leave his own parents and unite with a cowgirl and the

Contextual Overview

¹ Then Jesus left there and went into the area of Judea and across the Jordan River. Again, many people came to him, and Jesus taught them as he always did. ² Some Pharisees came to Jesus and tried to make him say something wrong. They asked him, "Is it right for a man to divorce his wife?" ³ Jesus answered, "What did Moses command you to do?" ⁴ The Pharisees said, "Moses allowed a man to divorce his wife by writing a certificate of divorce." ⁵ Jesus said, "Moses wrote that command for you because you refused to accept God's teaching. ⁶ But when God made the world, ‘he made people male and female.' ⁷ ‘That is why a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife. ⁸ And the two people will become one.' So they are no longer two, but one. ⁹ God has joined them together, so no one should separate them." ¹⁰ Later, when the followers and Jesus were in the house, they asked him again about the question of divorce.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Genesis 2:24, Matthew 19:5, Matthew 19:6, Ephesians 5:31

Cross-References

Genesis 2:11
The name of the first river was Pishon. This river flowed around the entire country of Havilah.

1 Kings 10:1
The queen of Sheba heard about Solomon, so she came to test him with hard questions.

Psalms 72:10
May the kings of Tarshish and all the faraway lands by the sea bring gifts to him. May the kings of Sheba and Seba bring their tribute to him.

Isaiah 21:13
This is a message about Arabia: A caravan from Dedan spent the night near some trees in the Arabian Desert.

Ezekiel 27:15
The people of Rhodes traded with you. You sold your things in many places. People brought ivory tusks and ebony wood to pay you.

Ezekiel 27:22
The merchants of Sheba and Raamah traded with you. They traded all the best spices and every kind of precious stone and gold for your goods.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother,.... The Persic version adds, "and brethren and sisters", though without any foundation in the original text, in Genesis 2:24, from whence this passage is cited; or in any copy of the evangelist:

and cleave to his wife; Genesis 2:24- :.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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. The wife of Herod had rejected her former husband and married Herod. And though instances of this kind “might” have been attempted to be defended by the example of Pagans, yet our Saviour was desirous of showing them that it did not free them from the charge of adultery. The apostles were going forth to teach Pagan nations, and it was proper for Christ to teach them how to act in such cases, and to show them that they were cases of real adultery.