Mark 10:7

Greek (Tischendorf 8th ed.)

English Translation

For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife,

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καταλείψει

kataleípō

G2641

“to leave behind”

Verb, Future, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular

Appears 24× in the Greek New Testament
First appears at Matthew 4:13

Full Thayer's Definition

Origin: from G2596 and G3007

TDNT: 07:14,5

1. to leave behind a. to depart from, leave 1. to be left b. to bid (one) to remain c. to forsake, leave to one's self a person or thing by ceasing to care for it, to abandon, leave in the lurch 1. to be abandoned, forsaken d. to cause to be left over, to reserve, to leave remaining e. like our "leave behind", it is used of one who on being called away cannot take another with him 1. especially of the dying (to leave behind) f. like our "leave", leave alone, disregard 1. of those who sail past a place without stopping

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

11: words
9: distinct lemmas
Gospels: section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is καταλείψει to leave behind G2641 — appearing just 24 times in the whole Greek New Testament.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

καταλείψει to leave behind G2641 occurs in 24 verses of the Greek New Testament. Also found in:

Repetition

Words recur within this verse:

τὸν the G3588 ×2
αὐτοῦ he G846 ×2

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Mark 10:7 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Genesis 2:24 Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.
Matthew 19:5–6 and said, 'For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall join to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?'
Ephesians 5:31 "For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh."

Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

Commentary

Notes on Mark 10:7 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

7. For this cause] He thus shews that from the beginning God had designed that the marriage tie should be the closest and most indissoluble of all ties, and in the words added by St Matthew (Mat_19:9) rebukes the adultery of Herod Antipas, though without naming him, in the severest terms.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother,.... The Persic version adds, "and brethren and sisters", though without any foundation in the original text, in Gen 2:24, from whence this passage is cited; or in any copy of the evangelist:

and cleave to his wife; See Gill on Mat 19:5.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

Hence it is written, (Genesis ii. 24, and Matthew xix. 5.) A man shall leave father and mother, and adhere to his wife.

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Gen. ii, 24.

John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.

unfoldingWord translationNotes

Door43 World Missions Community

For this reason a man ... one flesh

Jesus continues to quote what God said in the book of Genesis.

For this reason

"Therefore" or "Because of this"

be united to his wife

"join with his wife"

they are no longer two, but one flesh

This is a metaphor to illustrate their close union as husband and wife. AT: "the two people are like one person" or "they are no longer two, but together they are one body" (See: Metaphor)

Therefore what God has joined together, let no man tear apart

The phrase "what God has joined together" refers to any married couple. AT: "Therefore since God has joined together husband and wife, let no one tear them apart" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)

translationWords

ancestor

flesh

God

unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges

7. [2150][2151][2152], Syr-Sin. omit καὶ προσκολληθήσεται … αὐτοῦ.

[2150] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discovered by Tischendorf in 1859 at the Monastery of St Katharine on Mount Sinai. Now at St Petersburg. The whole Gospel, ending at Mar 16:8. Photographic facsimile, 1911.

[2151] Codex Vaticanus. 4th cent., but perhaps a little later than א. In the Vatican Library almost since its foundation by Pope Nicolas V., and one of its greatest treasures. The whole Gospel, ending at Mar 16:8. Photographic facsimile, 1889.

[2152] Codex Athous Laurae. 8th cent. Like N and Σ, it is written in silver letters on purple vellum. Contains Mar 9:5 to Mar 16:20, and, as in L, the shorter ending is inserted between Mar 16:8 and Mar 16:9. As in Δ, the text of Mark is specially good.

7. ἕνεκεν τούτου. In Gen 2:24 these words refer to the making of woman out of the rib of man, which explains the almost universal fact that a man leaves his parents and clings to a wife. Here, as in 1Co 6:16 and Eph 5:31, this momentous fact is made an argument for monogamy. See crit. note.

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges (Cambridge University Press, 1896; 21 vols, various authors incl. Carr, Maclear, Plummer, Farrar, Lumby, Moule, M. R. James, Simcox) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Alford’s Greek Testament

Henry Alford

7.] Our Lord makes Adam’s saying His own: in Matt. it is attributed to ὁ ποιήσας ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς. The parallel is most instructive.

Henry Alford, The Greek Testament (1849–1861) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

International Critical Commentary

7. ἕνεκεν τούτου—on this account, viz., because of the physical relation, pointing to an even closer union than that between parent and child. Both belong to the perpetuity of the family, but the relation of husband and wife is, in the nature of things, more intimate and compelling. With the omission of the last clause, and shall cleave to his wife, stress is laid on the separation from father and mother, and so on the superiority of the other union.

Omit καὶ προσκολληθήσεται πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ, Tisch. (Treg. marg.) WH. RV.marg. א B.

International Critical Commentary — older volumes (1896–1929), various authors — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament

Marvin R. Vincent

Shall cleave. See on Mt 19:5. Tynd., bide by.

Marvin R. Vincent, Word Studies in the New Testament (1887–1900) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Lesson kit

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Mark, in the Gospels, opens this verse with 11 words (9 distinct Greek lemmas). Its most distinctive word is kataleípō (“to leave behind”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

How does “to leave behind” (kataleípō) shape what this verse is saying?
How does Matthew 4:13, which shares the word «to leave behind», read alongside this verse?
What does the repetition of “the” (2× in this one verse) do in this verse?
These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
Compare how The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges and John Gill's Exposition read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

Things to notice

These translations choose different wording for 7 words in this verse.
“the” occurs 2× in this single verse.
9 distinct Greek lemmas span 11 words in this verse.