Mark 10:9

9 Because God created this organic union of the two sexes, no one should desecrate his art by cutting them apart."

Mark 10:9 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 10:9

What therefore God hath joined together
(See Gill on Matthew 19:6).

Mark 10:9 In-Context

7 Because of this, a man leaves father and mother, and in marriage
8 he becomes one flesh with a woman - no longer two individuals, but forming a new unity.
9 Because God created this organic union of the two sexes, no one should desecrate his art by cutting them apart."
10 When they were back home, the disciples brought it up again.
11 Jesus gave it to them straight: "A man who divorces his wife so he can marry someone else commits adultery against her.

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