5For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be in one flesh.


In Context

2 And great multitudes followed him: and he healed them there.

3 And there came to him the Pharisees tempting him, and saying: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

4 Who answering, said to them: Have ye not read, that he who made man from the beginning, Made them male and female? And he said:

5 For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be in one flesh.

6 Therefore now they are not two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let no man put asunder.

7 They say to him: Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorce, and to put away?

Matthew 19:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:5And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

19:5and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh' ?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:5and 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?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:5and said, On account of this a man shall leave father and mother, and shall be united to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:5and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the twain shall become one flesh?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:5And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they two shall be one flesh?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:5and said, 'For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall join to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:5and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall be — the two — for one flesh?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:5And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall join to his wife: and they two shall be one flesh?