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Mark 10:5-7
New International Version
Mark 10:5-7
New International Version
5 “It was because your hearts were hard(A) that Moses wrote you this law,” Jesus replied. 6 “But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’[a](B) 7 ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,[b]
Mark 10:5-7
New King James Version
Mark 10:5-7
New King James Version
5 And Jesus answered and said to them, “Because of the hardness of your heart he wrote you this [a]precept. 6 But from the beginning of the creation, God (A)‘made them male and female.’ 7 (B)‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife,
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Mark 10:5-7
English Standard Version
Mark 10:5-7
English Standard Version
5 And Jesus said to them, “Because of your (A)hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. 6 But (B)from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them (C)male and female.’ 7 (D)‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife,[a]
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- Mark 10:7 Some manuscripts omit and hold fast to his wife
Mark 10:5-7
King James Version
Mark 10:5-7
King James Version
5 And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
6 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
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