Matthew 19:6
Good News Translation
So they are no longer two, but one. No human being must separate, then, what God has joined together."

New Revised Standard Version
So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

Contemporary English Version
Then they are no longer two people, but one. And no one should separate a couple God has joined together."

New American Bible
So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, no human being must separate.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore now they are not two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let no man put asunder.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

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Proverbs 2:17 And hath forgotten the covenant of her God: for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths to hell.

Malachi 2:14 And you have said: For what cause? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee, and the wife of thy youth, whom thou hast despised: yet she was thy partner, and the wife of thy covenant.

Mark 10:9 What therefore God hath joined together, let no man put asunder.

Romans 7:2 For the woman that hath an husband, whilst her husband liveth is bound to the law. But if her husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.

1 Corinthians 7:10-14 But to them that are married, not I, but the Lord, commandeth that the wife depart not from her husband. . . .

Ephesians 5:28 So also ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

Hebrews 13:4 Marriage honourable in all, and the bed undefiled. For fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

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Context
Teachings about Divorce
5For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be in one flesh. 6Therefore now they are not two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let no man put asunder. 7They say to him: Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorce, and to put away?…
Cross References
Malachi 2:16
When thou shalt hate her put her away, saith the Lord, the God of Israel: but iniquity shalt cover his garment, saith the Lord of hosts, keep your spirit, and despise not.

Matthew 19:5
For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be in one flesh.

Matthew 19:7
They say to him: Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorce, and to put away?

Matthew 19:5
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