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Mark 10:7 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 7. 7For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
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Quick Meaning
This verse moves Mark 10:1-12's connected sequence forward at Mark 10:7 through the report, “For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife”.
Read It With
- Mark 10:1-12
Read Mark 10:7 with 10:1-12. This verse moves Mark 10:1-12's connected sequence forward at Mark 10:7 through the report, “For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife”. The complete unit's controlling movement is: Tested about divorce, Jesus brings Deuteronomy's concession into conversation with creation's one-flesh purpose and privately names remarriage pursued through discarding a spouse as adultery against that spouse.
Why This Verse Appears Here
This verse moves Mark 10:1-12's connected sequence forward at Mark 10:7 through the report, “For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife”. This specific contribution advances Mark 10:1-12 toward its narrated or taught result.
Follow the Context
- Mark 10:1-12 is one coherent narrated or teaching movement titled “Jesus Confronts Divorce Used against a Spouse.” Its opening change of scene, speaker, audience, journey stage, or controversy and its closing response distinguish it from the adjacent unit.
- Tested about divorce, Jesus brings Deuteronomy's concession into conversation with creation's one-flesh purpose and privately names remarriage pursued through discarding a spouse as adultery against that spouse.
- The ancient debate is gendered and legally complex. Mark's strict saying protects covenant partners from being discarded but does not address every circumstance, and it must not trap people in violence, coercive control, or danger. Matthew, Luke, and Paul preserve related but not identical applications.
What This Verse Is Not Saying
The passage does not require anyone to remain in abuse, coercive control, or immediate danger.
What Remains True
This verse moves Mark 10:1-12's connected sequence forward at Mark 10:7 through the report, “For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife”. Its faithful force remains governed by God's kingdom, Jesus' cross-defined authority, truthful discipleship, and protection of vulnerable people.
How It Can Shape Life
- When teaching Mark 10:7, explain this exact role inside Mark 10:1-12, state the material uncertainty or first-century control, and refuse the unit's first harmful misuse.
Teach It Back
Explain Mark 10:7's specific contribution to Mark 10:1-12: moves Mark 10:1-12's connected sequence forward at Mark 10:7 through the report, “For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife”. Include the surrounding movement, one uncertainty or ethical boundary, and what the verse does not authorize.
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Continue in Context
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Read Mark 10:1-12 — Jesus Confronts Divorce Used against a SpouseSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? probable
Where care is needed
The preferred reading follows Mark's immediate narrative and whole-book movement while keeping the material alternative visible: The ancient debate is gendered and legally complex. Mark's strict saying protects covenant partners from being discarded but does not address every circumstance, and it must not trap people in violence, coercive control, or danger. Matthew, Luke, and Paul preserve related but not identical applications.
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph flags, supplied-word markup, and coverage.
Exact location: Mark 10:1-12, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording, sentence relations, and material variants checked independently of the KJV.
Exact location: Faithlife SBLGNT official repository, data/sblgnt/text/Mark.txt, 10:1-12
Open the Mark Greek text file ↗Translation and textual notes
NET Bible — Mark with translators' and textual notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2005–2026 online edition
Supports: Verse-level translation, syntax, older-English clarification, variants, background, and alternatives.
Exact location: NET Bible Mark PDF, printed pp. 1868–1901, 10:1-12 and attached translator/textual notes
Open the official NET Mark PDF ↗