Matthew 19:6

Thus they are no longer two, but `one'! What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate."

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 shall leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two shall be one'?

7"Why then," said they, "did Moses command the husband to give her `a written notice of divorce,' and so put her away?"

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Cross References

Mark 10:9What, therefore, God has joined together let not man separate."

1 Corinthians 7:10But to those already married my instructions are--yet not mine, but the Lord's--that a wife is not to leave her husband;

Hebrews 13:4Let marriage be held in honour among all, and let the marriage bed be unpolluted; 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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