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Matthew 19:5–6

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5and said, u‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and vthe two shall become one flesh’? 6So they are no longer two but one flesh. wWhat therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”

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Cross references

  1. uEph. 5:31; Cited from Gen. 2:24
  2. v1 Cor. 6:16; [Mal. 2:15]
  3. w1 Cor. 7:10

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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’? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

and he also said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

NLTNew Living Translation

And he said, ‘This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.’ Since they are no longer two but one, let no one split apart what God has joined together.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

and said, ‘On account of this a man will leave his father and his mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, man must not separate.”

KJV 1900King 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? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.