Matthew 19:6

So that, the longer, are they, two, but, one flesh, What, therefore, God, hath yoked together, Let not, a man, put asunder.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 cause, will a man leave his father and his mother, and be united to his wife,—and, the two, will become, one flesh;

7They say unto him—Why then did, Moses, command, to give a writing of repudiation and to divorce?

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Cross References

Proverbs 2:17Who forsaketh the friend of her youth, and, the covenant of her God, hath forgotten;

Mark 10:9What then, God, hath yoked together, let, a man, not put asunder.

1 Corinthians 7:10To the married, however, I give charge—not, I, but the Lord,—that, a wife, from her husband, do not depart,—

Hebrews 13:4Let marriage be honourable in all, and the bed undefiled, for, fornicators 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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