“Quod ergo Deus conjunxit, homo non separet.”
“What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.”
“Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.””
“What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.””
“What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.”
4. The answer that Christ gave to their question, in which he abides by the doctrine he had formerly laid down in this case (Matt 5 32), That whosoever puts away his wife, except for fornication, causeth her to commit adultery. And to clear this he here shows,
Verses 1-12 Wherever Jesus was, the people flocked after him in crowds, and he taught them. Preaching was Christ's constant practice. He here shows that the reason why Moses' law allowed divorce, was such that they ought not to use the permission; it was only for the hardness of their hearts. God himself joined man and wife together; he has fitted them to be comforts and helps for each other. The bond which God has tied, is not to be lightly untied. Let those who are for putting away their wives consider what would become of themselves, if God should deal with them in like manner.