What does Mark 10:7 mean?

Mark 10:7 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply Mark 10:7 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;

5And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.

6But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.

7For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;

8And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.

9What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

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