Matthew 19:6 “So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joine…”

Matthew 19:6

So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

World English Bible

So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don’t let man tear apart.”

American Standard Version

So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

Geneva Bible 1599

Wherefore they are no more twaine, but one flesh. Let not man therefore put asunder that, which God hath coupled together.

Darby Translation

so that they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.

Young's Literal Translation

so that they are no more two, but one flesh; what therefore God did join together, let no man put asunder.'

Bible in Basic English

So that they are no longer two, but one flesh. Then let not that which has been joined by God be parted by man.

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Cross references

“God”

Mark 10:9 Hebrews 13:4 Romans 7:2 1 Corinthians 7:10–14 Ephesians 5:28 Malachi 2:14

Mark 10:9 · BSB

Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”

Hebrews 13:4 · BSB

Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

Romans 7:2 · BSB

For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.

1 Corinthians 7:10–14 · BSB

To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.

Ephesians 5:28 · BSB

In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

Malachi 2:14 · BSB

Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’ ?

7“Why then,” they asked, “did Moses order a man to give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away? ”

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