Matthew 19:5

In 9 translations

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’?Genesis 2:24 (see also LXX)

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?

LSV

and said, For this cause will a man leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they will be—the two—for one flesh?

YLT

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

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?

DRC

For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be in one flesh.

GNV

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.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

καὶ εἶπεν· Ἕνεκα τούτου καταλείψει ἄνθρωπος τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὴν μητέρα καὶ κολληθήσεται τῇ γυναικὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔσονται οἱ δύο εἰς σάρκα μίαν;

RP2018

καὶ εἶπεν, Ἕνεκεν τούτου καταλείψει ἄνθρωπος τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὴν μητέρα, καὶ προσκολληθήσεται τῇ γυναικὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔσονται οἱ δύο εἰς σάρκα μίαν;

TR-Boyd

καὶ εἶπεν, Ἕνεκεν τούτου καταλείψει ἄνθρωπος τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὴν μητέρα, καὶ προσκολληθήσεται τῇ γυναικὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔσονται οἱ δύο εἰς σάρκα μίαν;

SCR1894

και ειπεν ενεκεν τουτου καταλειψει ανθρωπος τον πατερα και την μητερα και προσκολληθησεται τη γυναικι αυτου και εσονται οι δυο εις σαρκα μιαν

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• Genesis 2:21–24So 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. And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman…
• 1 Corinthians 7:4The 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 7:2But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.
• Ephesians 5:31“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 10:5–9But Jesus told them, “Moses wrote this commandment for you because of your hardness of heart. However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’ ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and…
• 1 Corinthians 6:16Or 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.”
• Psalms 63:8My soul clings to You; Your right hand upholds me.
• 1 Samuel 18:1After David had finished speaking with Saul, the souls of Jonathan and David were knit together, and Jonathan loved him as himself.
• Romans 12:9Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.
• Psalms 45:10Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,
• Deuteronomy 4:4But you who held fast to the LORD your God are alive to this day, every one of you.
• 2 Samuel 1:26I grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother. You were delightful to me; your love to me was extraordinary, surpassing the love of women.
• 1 Kings 11:2These 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.
• Deuteronomy 10:20You are to fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name.
• Deuteronomy 11:22For if you carefully keep all these commandments I am giving you to follow—to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, and to hold fast to Him—
• Genesis 34:3And his soul was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke to her tenderly.

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