Mark 10:7

7 propter hoc relinquet homo patrem suum et matrem et adherebit ad uxorem suam

Mark 10:7 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 10:7

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; (See Gill on Matthew 19:5).

Mark 10:7 In-Context

5 quibus respondens Iesus ait ad duritiam cordis vestri scripsit vobis praeceptum istud

6 ab initio autem creaturae masculum et feminam fecit eos Deus

7 propter hoc relinquet homo patrem suum et matrem et adherebit ad uxorem suam

8 et erunt duo in carne una itaque iam non sunt duo sed una caro

9 quod ergo Deus iunxit homo non separet