Matthew 19:6

So then, they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

Text-Critical English 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 said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?

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

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Cross References

Mark 10:9Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

1 Corinthians 7:10Now to the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband

Hebrews 13:4Marriage must be held in honor by all, and the marriage bed must be kept pure, but God will judge fornicators and adulterers.

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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