Matthew 19:5

And he said, On this account a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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

4But he answered and said to them, Have you not read that He who created from the beginning, male and female hath made them?

6Wherefore they were not two, but one body. That, therefore, which Aloha hath conjoined, man shall not separate.

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Cross References

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

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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