American Standard Version
"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
“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?”
“and said, 'For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall join to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?'”
“and said,‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?”
“For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be in one flesh.”
“For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife; and the two will become one flesh?”
“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?”
and great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.
And there came unto him Pharisees, trying him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,
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?
So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
They say unto him, Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorcement, and to put her away?
He 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.