Matthew 19:6

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

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

Latin

Itaque jam non sunt duo, sed una caro. Quod ergo Deus conjunxit, homo non separet.

Greek

English

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

Since God created marriage as a union, people do not have the right to end it. Jesus confirmed that divorce should not happen.

Jesus was traveling to Jerusalem (Matthew 19:1; 20:29; 21:1). This was another chance to teach the disciples what it means to be his disciples.

Theme notes and profiles

Hebrews 13:4
Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
Mark 10:9
Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”
1 Corinthians 7:10–14
To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.
Romans 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.
Ephesians 5:28
In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
Malachi 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.
Proverbs 2:17
…who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.