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Matthew 19:6

Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

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In Context

5And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

7They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?

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Cross References

Proverbs 2:17Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

Mark 10:9What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

1 Corinthians 7:10And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:

Hebrews 13:4Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers 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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