Matthew 19:5

And he said, For this thing a man shall leave (his) father and mother, and he shall draw [or shall cleave] to his wife; and they shall be twain in one flesh.

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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

4Which answered, and said to them, Have ye not read, for he that made men at the beginning, made them male and female?

6And so they be not now twain, but one flesh. Therefore man separate not that thing that God hath joined [or Therefore a man part not that thing that God enjoined, or knit together].

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Cross References

Genesis 34:3And his soul was bound fast with her, and he pleased her sorry with flatterings. (But his soul was bound fast to her, and he tried to appease her sorrow with flattery.)

Deuteronomy 10:20Thou shalt dread thy Lord God, and thou shalt serve him alone, and thou shalt cleave to him, and thou shalt swear in his name. (Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God or Thou shalt revere the Lord thy God, and thou shalt serve him alone, and thou shalt cleave to him, and thou shalt swear by his name.)

1 Samuel 18:1And it was done, when David had ended to speak to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was glued together to the soul of David, that is, (they were) joined together by the glue of charity, ( or of love), that may not be broken, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul (or and Jonathan loved him as much as he loved his own life).

2 Samuel 1:26I make sorrow upon thee, my brother Jonathan, full fair and amiable more than the love of women; as a mother loveth her only son, so I loved thee. (I have sorrow for thee, my brother Jonathan, so delightful, and whose love for me was more than even the love of women; like a mother loveth her only son, so I loved thee.)

Psalms 45:10Daughter, hear thou, and see, and bow down thine ear; and forget thy (own) people, and the house of thy father.

Mark 10:5And Jesus answered, and said to them, For the hardness of your heart (s) Moses wrote to you this commandment [or this precept].

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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