# Mark 10.6

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**Book:** [Mark](/codex/john-mark/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 4. And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away. 5. But Jesus said unto them, <span class="rl-speech">For your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.</span>
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> **6. <span class="rl-speech">But from the beginning of the creation, Male and female made he them.</span>**
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> 7. <span class="rl-speech">For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife;</span> 8. <span class="rl-speech">and the two shall become one flesh: so that they are no more two, but one flesh.</span> (Mark 10:4-8, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 4. They said, “Moses allowed a certificate of divorce to be written, and to divorce her.” 5. But Jesus said to them, <span class="rl-speech">“For your hardness of heart, he wrote you this commandment.</span>
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> **6. <span class="rl-speech">But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female.</span>**
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> 7. <span class="rl-speech">For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife,</span> 8. <span class="rl-speech">and the two will become one flesh, so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.</span> (Mark 10:4-8, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 4. And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away. 5. And Jesus answered and said unto them, <span class="rl-speech">For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.</span>
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> **6. <span class="rl-speech">But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.</span>**
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> 7. <span class="rl-speech">For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;</span> 8. <span class="rl-speech">And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.</span> (Mark 10:4-8, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 4. and they said, 'Moses suffered to write a bill of divorce, and to put away.' 5. And Jesus answering said to them, <span class="rl-speech">'For the stiffness of your heart he wrote you this command,</span>
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> **6. <span class="rl-speech">but from the beginning of the creation, a male and a female God did make them;</span>**
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> 7. <span class="rl-speech">on this account shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife,</span> 8. <span class="rl-speech">and they shall be, the two, for one flesh; so that they are no more two, but one flesh;</span> (Mark 10:4-8, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Concepts:**

- [Adam and Eve Historicity](/codex/adam-and-eve-historicity/)
- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [Mark 10](/codex/mark-10/)

**Lexicon:**

- [G2937 - ktisis](/codex/g2937-ktisis/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.