Mark 10:9 (DBY)

Passage

What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.

Nearby Context

Mark 10:7 For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be united to his wife,

Mark 10:8 and the two shall be one flesh: so that they are no longer two but one flesh.

Mark 10:9 What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.

Mark 10:10 And again in the house the disciples asked him concerning this.

Mark 10:11 And he says to them, Whosoever shall put away his wife and shall marry another, commits adultery against her.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "therefore", "joined", "together", and "separate". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "therefore" and "joined", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "and the two shall be one flesh..." into verse 10's "And again in the house the disciples...", so "therefore" and "joined" belong inside that flow. In Mark context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "therefore" and "joined" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.