Matthew 19:6

So that they are no longer two, but one flesh. Then let not that which has been joined by God be parted by man.

Bible in Basic English

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

5For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife; and the two will become one flesh?

7They say to him, Why then did Moses give orders that a husband might give her a statement in writing and be free from her?

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Cross References

Proverbs 2:17Who is false to the husband of her early years, and does not keep the agreement of her God in mind:

Mark 10:9Let not that which has been joined together by God be parted by man.

1 Corinthians 7:10But to the married I give orders, though not I but the Lord, that the wife may not go away from her husband

Hebrews 13:4Let married life be honoured among all of you and not made unclean; for men untrue in married life will be judged by God.

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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