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Matthew 19:6

Wherefore they were not two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath united, let not man sunder.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 his mother, and adhere to his wife; and they two shall be one flesh.

7They say to him: Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorce, and to put her away?

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Cross References

Mark 10:9What therefore God hath conjoined, let not man separate.

1 Corinthians 7:10And on them who have wives, I enjoin,-not I, but my Lord,-that the woman separate not from her husband.

Hebrews 13:4Marriage is honorable in all; and their 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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