Matthew 19:5 “and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and…”

Matthew 19:5

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’ ?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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?

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’?

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?

Geneva Bible 1599

And sayd, For this cause, shall a man leaue father and mother, and cleaue vnto his wife, and they which were two shalbe one flesh.

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?

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?

Bible in Basic English

For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife; and the two will become one flesh?

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Cross references

“said”

Genesis 2:21–24 Ephesians 5:31 Mark 10:5–9 Psalm 45:10

Genesis 2:21–24 · BSB

So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the area with flesh.

Ephesians 5:31 · BSB

“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”

Mark 10:5–9 · BSB

But Jesus told them, “Moses wrote this commandment for you because of your hardness of heart.

Psalm 45:10 · BSB

Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,

“cleave”

1 Samuel 18:1 Psalm 63:8 Romans 12:9 Deuteronomy 4:4 2 Samuel 1:26 1 Kings 11:2

1 Samuel 18:1 · BSB

After David had finished speaking with Saul, the souls of Jonathan and David were knit together, and Jonathan loved him as himself.

Psalm 63:8 · BSB

My soul clings to You; Your right hand upholds me.

Romans 12:9 · BSB

Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.

Deuteronomy 4:4 · BSB

But you who held fast to the LORD your God are alive to this day, every one of you.

2 Samuel 1:26 · BSB

I grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother. You were delightful to me; your love to me was extraordinary, surpassing the love of women.

1 Kings 11:2 · BSB

These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love.

“and they”

1 Corinthians 7:4 1 Corinthians 7:2 1 Corinthians 6:16

1 Corinthians 7:4 · BSB

The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife.

1 Corinthians 7:2 · BSB

But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.

1 Corinthians 6:16 · BSB

Or don’t you know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’

6So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”

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