Matthew 19:5

New Testament Gospel ASV (1901)

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

Matthew 19:5 — American Standard Version

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Context — Matthew 19

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2and great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.

3And there came unto him Pharisees, trying him, and saying, Is it lawful [for a man] to put away his wife for every cause?

4And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made [them] from the beginning made them male and female,

5and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?

6So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

7They say unto him, Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorcement, and to put [her] away?

8He saith unto them, Moses for your hardness of heart suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it hath not been so.

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