Mark 10:7

7 and said, For this thing a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall draw to his wife [and shall cleave to his wife],

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 And Jesus answered, and said to them, For the hardness of your heart Moses wrote to you this commandment [+To the hardness of your heart Moses wrote to you this precept/To the hardness of your heart he wrote to you this commandment].

6 But from the beginning of creature God made them male and female;

7 and said, For this thing a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall draw to his wife [and shall cleave to his wife],

8 and they shall be twain in one flesh. And so now they be not twain, but one flesh. [and they shall be two in one flesh. And so now they be not two, but one flesh.]

9 Therefore that thing that God hath joined together, no man separate [no man part].