Matthew 19:6

So then, they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let not man put asunder.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

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 cause shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh?

7They said to him: Why, then, did Moses command us to give a bill of divorce and put her away?

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Cross References

Mark 10:9Therefore, what God has joined together, let not man put asunder.

1 Corinthians 7:10But to the married I give commandment, not I, but the Lord: Let not the wife leave her husband:

Hebrews 13:4Marriage is honorable among all men, and the bed undefiled; but lewd men and adulterers God will judge.

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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