Matthew 19:6

So that they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, no man shall separate.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

In Context

5and said, For this reason a man will leave his father and mother behind, and will be bonded with his wife, and the two will be in one flesh?

7They say to him, Why then did Moses command to give a writing of divorcement, and to divorce her?

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Cross References

Proverbs 2:17who forsakes the companion of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God

Mark 10:9What therefore God has joined together, no man shall separate.

1 Corinthians 7:10And to those who are married, I do not command but the Lord. The wife is not to separate from her husband.

Hebrews 13:4Marriage is precious in every way, and the undefiled bed, but God will judge fornicators and adulterers.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 19:4-13

The Law of Divorce. 3 The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? 4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, 5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? 6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put… Read the whole commentary →

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