Matthew 19:5
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,
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?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- 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’?
- 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?
- 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’?
- ASV
- 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?
- DARBY
- 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?
- BLB
- and He said, ‘On account of this a man will leave the father and the mother and be joined with his wife, and the two will be for one flesh’?
- ÅB
- og sa: ‘Derfor skal mannen forlate far og mor og holde seg til sin kone, og de to skal være ett kjøtt’?
- OTB
- og sa: ‘Derfor skal en mann forlate sin far og mor og være forent med sin kone, og de to skal bli ett kjød’?
- B1930
- og sa: Derfor skal mannen forlate far og mor og holde sig til sin hustru, og de to skal være ett kjød?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 2:21–24
And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
Read in context1 Corinthians 7:4
The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
Read in context1 Corinthians 7:2
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Read in contextEphesians 5:31
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
Read in contextMark 10:5–9
And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
Read in context1 Corinthians 6:16
What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
Read in contextPsalms 63:8
My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.
Read in context1 Samuel 18:1
And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
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