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Matthew 19:6

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.”

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Matthew 19:6 in other translations

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

Matthew 19:6 · American Standard Version

Matthew 19:6 in context

  1. 4He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,
  2. 5and said, ‘For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?’
  3. 6So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don’t let man tear apart.”
  4. 7They asked him, “Why then did Moses command us to give her a certificate of divorce, and divorce her?”
  5. 8He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.

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