Mark 10:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

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

For this reason a man shall leave [behind] his father and his mother and be joined to his wife and cleave closely to her permanently,

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

Because of this, a man should leave his father and mother and be joined together with his wife,

Because of this, a man shall leave behind his father and mother, and he shall cling to his wife.

For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother; and shall cleave to his wife.

Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh.

“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”