Matthew 19:6
so that they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
7They say to him, Why then did Moses command to give a letter of divorce and to send [her] away?
Cross References
Proverbs 2:17who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God;
Mark 10:9What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.
1 Corinthians 7:10But to the married I enjoin, not *I*, but the Lord, Let not wife be separated from husband;
Hebrews 13:4[Let] marriage [be held] every way in honour, and the bed [be] undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers will God 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 →