Matthew 19:5
King James Version (KJV)
And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
In context
3 The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
7 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?
Matthew 19:5 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
- WEB 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’?
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- and 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’?
- ASV American Standard Version
- 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?
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and 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?
- DBY Darby Translation
- and 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?
- WBS Webster Bible
- And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they two shall be one flesh?