World English Bible
Matthew 19:6
“So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don't let man tear apart.”
Verse in context — Matthew 19
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He answered, "Haven't you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,
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and said, 'For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall join to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?
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So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don't let man tear apart.
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They asked him, "Why then did Moses command us to give her a bill of divorce, and divorce her?
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He said to them, "Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.
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