Mark 10:6-7

6 “But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’^[a]

7 ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,^[b]

Mark 10:6 in Other Translations

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

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

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

6 In the original creation, God made male and female to be together.

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

Mark 10:6-7 In-Context

4 They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.”

5 “It was because your hearts were hard that Moses wrote you this law,” Jesus replied.

6 “But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’

7 ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,

8 and the two will become one flesh.’So they are no longer two, but one flesh.

9 Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

Cross References

• 1. Genesis 1:27; Genesis 5:2

Footnotes

• [a]. Gen. 1:27
• [b]. Some early manuscripts do not have "and be united to his wife."