Matthew 19:5 - Forerunner Commentary

Matthew 19:5

3 The Pharisees also came to Him, testing Him, and saying to Him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for just any reason?”

4 And He answered and said to them, “Have you not read that He who¹ made them at the beginning ^a‘made them male and female,’

5 and said, ^a‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and ^bthe two shall become one flesh’?

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

7 They said to Him, ^a“Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away?”

8 He said to them, “Moses, because of the ^ahardness of your hearts, permitted you to divorce your ^bwives, but from the beginning it was not so.

9 ^aAnd I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for¹ sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery.”

10 His disciples said to Him, ^a“If such is the case of the man with his wife, it is better not to marry.”

Verse Comparison: Matthew 19:5

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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?

Amplified® Bible
And said, For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be united firmly (joined inseparably) to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh?

Contemporary English Version
That's why a man leaves his father and mother and gets married. He becomes like one person with his wife.

Darby English Version
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?

Good News Bible
And God said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and unite with his wife, and the two will become one.'

International Standard Version
and said, 'That is why a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh'?

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?

New American Standard Bible
and said, `FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH'?

New International Version
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'?

New King James Version
and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
and said, 'FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND JOIN TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME 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?

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