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But Jesus said to them, “He wrote this commandment to you because-of your hardness-of-heart. But from the beginning of creation, ‘He made them male and female’ [Gen 1:27]. ‘For this[a] reason, a man will leave-behind his father and mother and will be joined[b] to his wife.

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  1. Mark 10:7 That is, because God made them to be a complimentary pair.
  2. Mark 10:7 Or, united, adhered, glued.

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