Mark 10:7 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁷ For this reason [i.e., since he made one woman for one man] a man will leave [the home of] his father and mother and will cling to his wife

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ 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,

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife;

Common English Bible

⁷ Because of this, a man should leave his father and mother and be joined together with his wife,

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ Because of this, a man shall leave behind his father and mother, and he shall cling to his wife.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother; and shall cleave to his wife.

Mark 10:7 Cross References

Ephesians 5:31

[Gen. 2:24 says], “For this reason a man will leave [the home of] his father and mother, and will cling to his wife, [so that] the two will become one flesh [i.e., united in such a close relationship, as to practically constitute one body].”