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


In Context

3 Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?"

4 "Haven't you read," he replied, "that at the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female,'

5 and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh' ?

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

7 "Why then," they asked, "did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?"

8 Jesus replied, "Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning.

Matthew 19:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:6Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:6Therefore now they are not two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let no man put asunder.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:6So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:6so that they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:6So that they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:6Wherefore they are no more two, but one flesh. Therefore what God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:6So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don't let man tear apart.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:6so that they are no more two, but one flesh; what therefore God did join together, let no man put asunder.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:6Why they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder.