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?'


In Context

2 Great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there.

3 Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, |Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?|

4 He answered, |Haven't you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,

5 and 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?'

6 So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don't let man tear apart.|

7 They asked him, |Why then did Moses command us to give her a bill of divorce, and divorce her?|

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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