But Jesus said to them, “He wrote this commandment for you because of your hardness of heart. But from the beginning of creation ‘he made them male and female.[a] Because of this a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife,[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 10:6 A quotation from Gen 1:27; 5:2
  2. Mark 10:7 The earliest and most important manuscripts do not contain the phrase “and be joined to his wife”

“It was because your hearts were hard(A) that Moses wrote you this law,” Jesus replied. “But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’[a](B) ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 10:6 Gen. 1:27
  2. Mark 10:7 Some early manuscripts do not have and be united to his wife.