Matthew 19:5

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

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The 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?

In Context

4He answered and said to them: Have you not read that the Creator, at the beginning, created them male and female,

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

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Cross References

Mark 10:5And Jesus answered and said to them: On account of the hardness of your hearts, he wrote this commandment for you.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 19:4-13

The Law of Divorce. 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, 5 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… Read the whole commentary →

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