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

4“Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that he who created them in the beginning made them male and female, 5and he also said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate.” 7“Why then,” they asked him, “did Moses command us to give divorce papers and to send her away?” 8He told them, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of the hardness of your hearts, but it was not like that from the beginning.

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 abandons the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God;
• Malachi 2:14And you ask, “Why?” Because even though the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, you have acted treacherously against her. She was your marriage partner and your wife by covenant.
• Mark 10:9Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
• Romans 7:2For example, a married woman is legally bound to her husband while he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law regarding the husband.
• 1 Corinthians 7:10To the married I give this command — not I, but the Lord — a wife is not to leave her husband.
• Ephesians 5:28In the same way, husbands are to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
• Hebrews 13:4Marriage is to be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, because God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

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