Matthew 19:6

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

English Majority Text (NT)

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 He said, ‘ For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?

7They said to Him, “Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away?”

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Cross References

Mark 10:9Therefore what God has united together, let not man separate.”

1 Corinthians 7:10Now to those who have married I command, yet not I, but the Lord: A wife is not to be separated from her husband—

Hebrews 13:4Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but 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 →

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