Matthew 19:6

Matthew 19:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
• New International Version (NIV)So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate."
• New King James Version (NKJV)So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”

Context of Matthew 19:6

4He replied, “Have you never read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female, 5and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be joined inseparably to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate.” 7The Pharisees said to Him, “Why then did Moses command us to give her a certificate of divorce and send her away?” 8He said to them, “Because your hearts were hard and stubborn Moses permitted you to divorce your wives; but from the beginning it has not been this way.

Matthew 19:6 word by word

ὥστε οὐκέτι εἰσὶν δύο ἀλλὰ σὰρξ μία. ὃ οὖν ὁ θεὸς συνέζευξεν, ἄνθρωπος μὴ χωριζέτω.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Whereforeὥστεhōste · soG5620
• they areεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• no moreοὐκέτιouketi · not any moreG3765
• twainδύοduo · twoG1417
• butἀλλάalla · butG235
• oneεἷςheis · oneG1520
• fleshσάρξsarx · fleshG4561
• Whatὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• thereforeοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• Godὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• hath joined togetherσυζεύγνυμιsuzeugnumi · to joinG4801
• letχωρίζωchōrizō · to separate/leaveG5563
• notμήmē · notG3361
• manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444

Cross-references for Matthew 19:6

• Proverbs 2:17Who leaves the companion (husband) of her youth, And forgets the covenant of her God.
• Malachi 2:14But you say, “Why [does He reject it]?” Because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously. Yet she is your marriage companion and the wife of your covenant [made by your vows].
• Mark 10:9Therefore, what God has united and joined together, man must not separate [by divorce].”
• Romans 7:2For the married woman [as an example] is bound and remains bound by law to her husband while he lives; but if her husband dies, she is released and exempt from the law concerning her husband.
• 1 Corinthians 7:10But to the married [believers] I give instructions—not I, but the Lord—that the wife is not to separate from her husband,
• Ephesians 5:28Even so husbands should and are morally obligated to love their own wives as [being in a sense] their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.
• Hebrews 13:4Marriage is to be held in honor among all [that is, regarded as something of great value], and the marriage bed undefiled [by immorality or by any sexual sin]; for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.

Commentaries on Matthew 19:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6What therefore God hath joined together - , yoked together, as oxen in the plough, where each must pull equally, in order to bring it on. Among the ancients, when persons were newly married, they put a yoke upon their necks, or chains upon their arms, to show that they were to be one, closely united, and pulling equally together in all the concerns of life. See Kypke in loco. The finest allegorical representation of the marriage union I have met with, is…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4-6Verses 4-6 And he answered and said … - Instead of referring to the opinions of either party, Jesus called their attention to the original design of marriage, to the authority of Moses an authority acknowledged by them both. Have ye not read? - Genesis 1:27; Genesis 2:21-22. “And said, For this cause,” etc., Genesis 2:24. That is, God, at the beginning, made but one man and one woman: their posterity should learn that the original intention of marriage…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 3-12Verses 3-12 The Pharisees were desirous of drawing something from Jesus which they might represent as contrary to the law of Moses. Cases about marriage have been numerous, and sometimes perplexed; made so, not by the law of God, but by the lusts and follies of men; and often people fix what they will do, before they ask for advice. Jesus replied by asking whether they had not read the account of the creation, and the first example of marriage; thus…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6Since God created marriage as a union, people do not have the right to end it. Jesus confirmed that divorce should not happen.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-12Farewell to Galilee (Mt 19:1, 2). 1. And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee--This marks a very solemn period in our Lord's public ministry. So slightly is it touched here, and in the corresponding passage of Mark (Mr 10:1), that few readers probably note it as the Redeemer's Farewell to Galilee, which however it was. See on the sublime statement of Luke (Lu 9:51), which relates to the same transition…Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 19:6

• Divorce
• Jesus, the Christ
• Marriage

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Concubine
• Divorce
• Eternal
• Impossible
• Join
• Marry
• Possession
• Rich

Commentaries on Matthew 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings