Mark 10:7

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

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
For	ἕνεκεν heneken	G1752	on account of · preposition
this	τούτου toútou	G5127	of (from or concerning) this (person or thing)
cause	ἕνεκα héneka	G1752	on account of
shall	καταλείψει kataleipsei	G2641	to leave down · verb — future active indicative, 3rd person singular
a man	ἄνθρωπος anthrōpos	G444	from G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι)) · noun — nominative singular masculine
leave	καταλείπω kataleípō	G2641	to leave down
his	αὐτοῦ autou	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — genitive singular masculine
father	πατέρα patera	G3962	a "father" (literally or figuratively · noun — accusative singular masculine
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
mother	μητέρα mētera	G3384	a "mother" (literally or figuratively · noun — accusative singular feminine
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
cleave	προσκολληθήσεται proskollēthēsetai	G4347	to glue to · verb — future passive indicative, 3rd person singular
to	πρὸς pros	G4314	a preposition of direction · preposition
his	αὐτοῦ, autou	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — genitive singular masculine
wife	γυναῖκα gunaika	G1135	a woman · noun — accusative singular feminine

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Genesis 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Matthew 19:5-6 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
Ephesians 5:31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Mark 10:1-12

Our Lord Jesus was an itinerant Preacher, did not continue long in a place, for the whole land of Canaan was his parish, or diocese, and therefore he would visit every part of it, and give instructions to those in the remotest corners of it. Here we have him in the coasts of Judea, by the further side of Jordan eastward, as we found him, not long since, in the utmost borders westward, near Tyre and Sidon. Thus was his circuit like that of the sun, from whose light and heat nothing is hid. Now here we have him, I. Resorted to by the people, Mar 10:1. Wherever he was, they flocked after him in crowds; they came to him again, as they had done when he had formerly been in these parts, and, as he…

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Adam Clarke on Mark 10:2

Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? - See this question about divorce largely explained on Mat 19:3-12 (note).

John Gill on 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.

John Calvin on Mark 10:2-12

Mark 10:2-12 Matthew 19:3-9 Mark 10:2-12 3. And the Pharisees came to him, tempting him, and saying to him, Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause whatever? 4. Who answering said to them, Have you not read, that he who made them at first, [593] made them male and female? 5. And he said, Therefore shall a man leave his father and mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall be one flesh. 6. Therefore now they are not two, but one flesh: what God therefore hath joined, let not man separate. 7. They say to him, Why then did Moses order to give a letter of divorcement, and send her away? 8. He said to them, Moses, for the hardness of your heart, permitted you to divorce…

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The Church Fathers

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife. Similarly, He said, Cleave to his wife, not to wives.
— Bede, On the Gospel of Mark

(ubi sup.) And in like manner, because He says, he shall cleave to his wife, not wives. It goes on: And they twain shall be one flesh.
— Bede ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

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Dictionary and topics

Divorce — The dissolution of the marriage tie was regulated by the Mosaic law (Deut. 24:1-4). The Jews, after the Captivity, were reguired to dismiss the foreign women they had married contrary to the law…
Husband · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Husbands · Should have but one wife — Should have but one wife
Polygamy · Forbid — Forbid

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Mark 10:1-12

Adam Clarke on Mark 10:2

John Gill on Mark 10:7

John Calvin on Mark 10:2-12

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Mark 10:1-12

Adam Clarke on Mark 10:2

John Gill on Mark 10:7

John Calvin on Mark 10:2-12

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Mark 10:5-9