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Matthew 19:6

MarriageFaithfulness and loyalty

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?

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

7 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?

8 He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

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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.

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Cross references

  • Mark 10:9

    What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

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  • Hebrews 13:4

    Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

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  • Romans 7:2

    For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.

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  • 1 Corinthians 7:10–14

    And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:

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  • Ephesians 5:28

    So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

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  • Malachi 2:14

    Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

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  • Proverbs 2:17

    Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

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