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Matthew 19:5

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5And said, gFor this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and hthey twain shall be one flesh?

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Footnotes

  1. gCited from Gen. 2:24. So also in Eph. 5:31.
  2. hCited in 1 Cor. 6:16. So Mal. 2:15. 1 Cor. 7:2.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?

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’?

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’?

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.’

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’?