Matthew 19:5

World English Bible

and said, ‘For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?’

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Matthew 19:5 in other translations

and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?

Matthew 19:5 · American Standard Version

Matthew 19:5 in context

  1. 3Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”
  2. 4He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,
  3. 5and said, ‘For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?’
  4. 6So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don’t let man tear apart.”
  5. 7They asked him, “Why then did Moses command us to give her a certificate of divorce, and divorce her?”

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