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But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’ ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife,[a] and the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

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  1. Mark 10:7 Other ancient authorities lack and be joined to his wife

(A) But in the beginning God made a man and a woman. (B) That's why a man leaves his father and mother and gets married. He becomes like one person with his wife. Then they are no longer two people, but one. And no one should separate a couple that God has joined together.”

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But (A)from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them (B)male and female.’ (C)‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife,[a] and (D)the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two but one flesh. (E)What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”

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  1. Mark 10:7 Some manuscripts omit and hold fast to his wife