Matthew 19:6 - Forerunner Commentary

Matthew 19:6

4 And He answered and said to them, “Have you not read that He who¹ made them at the beginning ^a‘made them male and female,’

5 and said, ^a‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and ^bthe two shall become one flesh’?

6 So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”

7 They said to Him, ^a“Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away?”

8 He said to them, “Moses, because of the ^ahardness of your hearts, permitted you to divorce your ^bwives, but from the beginning it was not so.

9 ^aAnd I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for¹ sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery.”

10 His disciples said to Him, ^a“If such is the case of the man with his wife, it is better not to marry.”

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11 But He said to them, ^a“All cannot accept this saying, but only those to whom it has been given:

Verse Comparison: Matthew 19:6

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

Amplified® Bible
So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder (separate).

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

Darby English Version
so that they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.

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

International Standard Version
So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, man must never separate."

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

New American Standard Bible
"So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate."

New International Version
So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate."

New King James Version
So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"So they no longer shall remain two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate."

Young's Literal Translation
so that they are no more two, but one flesh; what therefore God did join together, let no man put asunder.'

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