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MATTHEW 19:6 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Matt 19:5Matt 19:7
“Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.”
So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate. The principle derived from the Genesis citations: the one-flesh union is God's joining, and no human authority (including Moses) has the right to separate what God has joined. The what God has joined together is the key: marriage is not merely a human institution but a divine act, and the divine act cannot be undone by human legal procedure.

Church Fathers on Matthew 19:6

The Lord had before left Judaea because of their jealousy, but now He keeps Himself more to it, because His passion was near at hand. Yet does He not go up to Judaea itself, but into the borders of Judaea; whence it is said, 'And it came to pass when Jesus had ended all these sayings, he departed from Galilee.'

Chrysostom · 4th century · Hom., lxii

Here then He begins to relate what He did, taught, or suffered in Judaea. At first beyond Jordan eastward, afterwards on this side Jordan when He came to Jericho, Bethphage, and Jerusalem; whence it follows, 'And He came into the coasts of Judaea beyond the Jordan.'

Rabanus Maurus · 9th century

The Latin commentary that goes under the name of Chrys ostom’s resumes again at the first verse of this chapter]: As the righteous Lord of all, who loves these servants so as not to despise those.

Pseudo-Chrysostom · 5th century · [ed. note
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