Matthew 19:5
World English Bible (WEB)
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’?
In context
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 be joined 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 certificate of divorce and divorce her?”
Matthew 19:5 in every translation
- 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’?
- 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?
- 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?