Devine Scripture

Matthew 19:5

Matthew chapter 19 · verse 5 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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?

Context

v.4And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,

v.5This passage

v.6So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Corinthians 7:2

    But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

  • Mark 10:5

    But Jesus said unto them, For your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.

  • Ephesians 5:31

    For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh.

  • 1 Corinthians 7:4

    The wife hath not power over her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power over his own body, but the wife.

  • Genesis 34:3

    And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.

  • Deuteronomy 4:4

    But ye that did cleave unto Jehovah your God are alive every one of you this day.