Matthew 19:5 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

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?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ And said, For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be united firmly (joined inseparably) to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh? [Gen. 1:27; 2:24.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ 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?

Common English Bible

⁵ And God said, ‘Because of this a man should leave his father and mother and be joined together with his wife, and the two will be one flesh.’

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ "For this reason, a man shall separate from father and mother, and he shall cling to his wife, and these two shall become one flesh.

Matthew 19:5 Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:4

The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.

1 Corinthians 7:2

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

Ephesians 5:31

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

1 Corinthians 6:16

What! know ye not that he which is joined to a harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.

Psalm 45:10

Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;

Romans 12:9

Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

Psalm 63:8

My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.

1 Samuel 18:1

And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

Deuteronomy 11:22

For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;

Deuteronomy 10:20

Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.

Deuteronomy 4:4

But ye that did cleave unto the Lord your God are alive every one of you this day.

Genesis 34:3

And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.

1 Kings 11:2

of the nations concerning which the Lord said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.

2 Samuel 1:26

I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.

Malachi 2:15

And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the Spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

Matthew 19:6

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

1 Samuel 25:43

David also took Ahin´o-am of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives.