Wherefore now are they not twain, but one flesh. Let not man therefore put asunder, that which God hath coupled together.
Matthew 19:5 - William Tyndale New Testament and said: for this thing, shall a man leave father and mother, and cleave unto his wife, and they twain shall be one flesh. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 "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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be in one flesh. |
Wherefore now are they not twain, but one flesh. Let not man therefore put asunder, that which God hath coupled together.
¶ Let love be without dissimulation. Hate that which is evil, and cleave unto that which is good.
Do ye not understand that he which coupleth himself with an harlot, is become one body? For two (saith he) shall be one flesh:
Nevertheless to avoid fornication, let every man have his wife: and let every woman have her husband.
The wife hath not power over her own body: but the husband: And likewise the man hath not power over his own body: but the wife.
For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall continue with his wife, and two shall be made one flesh.