King James Version
Mark 10:7 in the King James Version says “For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;” — study this verse from Mark chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;”
Mark 10:7 · KJV
And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“leave”
G2641to leave down, i.e., behind; by implication, to abandon, have remaining
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“to”
G4314a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e., toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e., pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of,
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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