Matthew 19:6

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

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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

5He who made them also said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and join to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.'

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

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Cross References

Proverbs 2:17She forsakes the companion of her youth 1 and forgets the covenant of her God. 1

Mark 10:9Therefore what God has joined together, let no man tear apart.”

1 Corinthians 7:10Now to the married I give this command—not I, but the Lord—the wife should not separate from her husband

Hebrews 13:4Let marriage be respected by everyone. Let the marriage bed be pure, for God will judge the sexually immoral people 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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