Mark 10:9 (YLT)

Passage

what therefore God did join together, let not man put asunder.'

Nearby Context

Mark 10:7 on this account shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife,

Mark 10:8 and they shall be--the two--for one flesh; so that they are no more two, but one flesh;

Mark 10:9 what therefore God did join together, let not man put asunder.'

Mark 10:10 And in the house again his disciples of the same thing questioned him,

Mark 10:11 and he saith to them, `Whoever may put away his wife, and may marry another, doth commit adultery against her;

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "and they shall be--the two--for one flesh..." into verse 10's "And in the house again his disciples...", so "therefore" and "join" 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 "join" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.