Matthew 19:6
Therefore now they are not two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let no man put asunder.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
7They say to him: Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorce, and to put away?
Cross References
Proverbs 2:17And forsaketh the guide of her youth,
Mark 10:9What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
1 Corinthians 7:10But to them that are married, not I but the Lord commandeth, that the wife depart not from her husband.
Hebrews 13:4Marriage honourable in all, and the bed undefiled. For fornicators 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 →