Mark 10:8 meaning and explanation

and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh.

Mark 10:8, Berean Standard Bible

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Jesus is answering Pharisees who tested Him about divorce, and He quotes Genesis 2:24 to show God's intention from creation rather than Moses' concession. The "one flesh" language describes the union of husband and wife as a single new reality, not merely a physical joining.

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