what God has joined together let no man put asunder
- what God has joined together let no man put asunder
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From the christian marriage ceremony. 'Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.' Taken from the Bible; Matthew 19:6.
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