Matthew 19:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.””
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“So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.”
King James Version · Public Domain“So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“so that they are no more two, but one flesh; what therefore God did join together, let no man put asunder.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Matthew 19:6 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 2:17who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
- Malachi 2:14Yet 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.
- Mark 10:9Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”
- Romans 7:2For 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 7:10To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.
- Ephesians 5:28In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
- Hebrews 13:4Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
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