Matthew 19:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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’?”
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“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’?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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?”
King James Version · Public Domain“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?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall be--the two--for one flesh?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Matthew 19:5 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 2:21So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the area with flesh.
- Genesis 34:3And his soul was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke to her tenderly.
- Deuteronomy 4:4But you who held fast to the LORD your God are alive to this day, every one of you.
- Deuteronomy 10:20You are to fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name.
- Deuteronomy 11:22For if you carefully keep all these commandments I am giving you to follow—to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, and to hold fast to Him—
- 1 Samuel 18:1After David had finished speaking with Saul, the souls of Jonathan and David were knit together, and Jonathan loved him as himself.
- 1 Samuel 25:43David had also married Ahinoam of Jezreel. So she and Abigail were both his wives.
- 2 Samuel 1:26I grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother. You were delightful to me; your love to me was extraordinary, surpassing the love of women.
- 1 Kings 11:2These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love.
- Psalms 45:10Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,
- Psalms 63:8My soul clings to You; Your right hand upholds me.
- Mark 10:5But Jesus told them, “Moses wrote this commandment for you because of your hardness of heart.
- Romans 12:9Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.
- 1 Corinthians 6:16Or don’t you know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”
- 1 Corinthians 7:2But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.
- 1 Corinthians 7:4The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife.
- Ephesians 5:31“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
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