Mark 10:8
What does Mark 10:8 mean?
A plain-English look at Mark 10:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What Mark 10:8 means
Continuing the quotation from Genesis 2:24, Jesus emphasizes the profound spiritual, emotional, and physical unity created by marriage: 'the two shall become one flesh.' This concept describes an intimate, inseparable bond that transcends merely living together. They are no longer individual entities but a new, integrated whole, mirroring the intimacy within the Godhead.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000and the two shall become one flesh: so that they are no more two, but one flesh.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901and the two shall become one flesh: so that they are no more two, but one flesh.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And the two will become one flesh; so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and they shall be--the two--for one flesh; so that they are no more two, but one flesh;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And they two shall be in one flesh. Therefore now they are not two, but one flesh.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890and the two shall be one flesh: so that they are no longer two but one flesh.
Context
Following the principle of 'leaving' one's parents, Jesus presents the culminating truth of marriage: the two becoming 'one flesh.' This profound statement underscores the intimate, indivisible nature of the union, directly leading to His unequivocal declaration in the next verse about the sanctity and permanence of such a bond.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Corinthians 6:16
Or know ye not that he that is joined to a harlot is one body? for, The twain, saith he, shall become one flesh.
- Ephesians 5:28
Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself:
- Genesis 2:24
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
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