Matthew 19:6
4 Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’
5 and 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’?
So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”
7 “Why then,” they asked, “did Moses order a man to give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?”
8 Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hardness of heart; but it was not this way from the beginning.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”
- KJV
- Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
- WEB
- So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don’t let man tear apart.”
- ASV
- So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
- DARBY
- so that they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.
- BLB
- So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God yoked together, let man not separate.”
- ÅB
- Så er de altså ikke lenger to, men ett kjøtt. Det som Gud derfor har sammenføyd, det skal ikke et menneske adskille.»
- OTB
- Dermed er de ikke lenger to, men nå ett kjød. Derfor, det som Gud har forent, la ingen skille.»
- B1930
- Så er de da ikke lenger to, men ett kjød. Derfor, det som Gud har sammenføiet, det skal et menneske ikke adskille.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Mark 10:9
Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”
Read in contextHebrews 13:4
Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
Read in contextRomans 7:2
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.
Read in context1 Corinthians 7:10–14
To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.
Read in contextEphesians 5:28
In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
Read in contextMalachi 2:14
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.
Read in contextProverbs 2:17
who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
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