Matthew 19:5
He said, ‘This is the reason a man will leave his father and mother, and join with his wife, and the two shall become one.’
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6Now they're no longer two, but one. What God has joined together no one should separate.”
Cross References
Genesis 34:3However, then he fell deeply in love with Dinah and tried to get her to love him too.
Deuteronomy 10:20You must respect the Lord your God and worship him. Hold onto him and make your promises in his name.
1 Samuel 18:1After David finished speaking with Saul, Jonathan became great friends with David. He loved David as he loved himself.
2 Samuel 1:26I weep so much for you, my brother Jonathan! You were so very dear to me! Your love for me was so wonderful, greater than the love women have!
Psalms 45:10Listen to what I have to say, daughter; please pay attention. Don't pine for your people and your family.
Mark 10:5Then Jesus told them, “Moses only wrote down this rule for you because of your hard-hearted attitude.
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 →