Matthew 19:6
And so, now they are not two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no man separate.”
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
In Context
7They said to him, “Then why did Moses command him to give a bill of divorce, and to separate?”
Cross References
Proverbs 2:17and who leaves behind the Guide of her youth,
Mark 10:9Therefore, what God has joined together, let no man separate.”
1 Corinthians 7:10But to those who have been joined in matrimony, it is not I who commands you, but the Lord: a wife is not to separate from her husband.
Hebrews 13:4May marriage be honorable in every way, and may the marriage bed be immaculate. For 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 →