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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.

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;

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