Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Mark 10:7 in English Standard Version "‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife," Ge 2:24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. Eph 5:31 “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”