Matthew:19:5-6

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* And said , For this cause shall a man leave father and mother , and shall (note :)The Greek word conveys «to be glued unto », by which it signifies the union by marriage , which is between man and wife , as though they were glued together .(:note ) cleave to his wife : and they They who were two become one as it were : and this word «flesh » is figuratively taken for the whole man , or the body , after the manner of the Hebrews . twain shall be one flesh ? * Wherefore they are no more twain , but one flesh . What therefore God hath (note :)Has made them yokefellows , as the marriage itself is called a yoke , by a borrowed kind of speech .(:note ) joined together , let not man put asunder .

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