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Matthew 19:5
5and 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’?
Matthew 19:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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?
- English Standard Version (ESV)and said, 'Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'?
- New King James Version (NKJV)and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?
- New Living Translation (NLT)And he said, “‘This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.’
Context of Matthew 19:5
3Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?” 4“Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ 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’? 6So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.” 7“Why then,” they asked, “did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?”
Read all of Matthew 19Matthew 19:5 word by word
καὶ εἶπεν· ἕνεκα τούτου καταλείψει ἄνθρωπος τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὴν μητέρα καὶ κολληθήσεται τῇ γυναικὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔσονται οἱ δύο εἰς σάρκα μίανRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Andκαίkai · andG2532
- saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- Forἕνεκαheneka heneken heineken · because ofG1752
- thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
- shallκαταλείπωkataleipō · to leave behindG2641
- a manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
- fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
- motherμήτηρmētēr · motherG3384
- shall cleaveπροσκολλάωproskollaō · to joinG4347
- toγυνήgunē · woman: wifeG1135
- hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- wifeγυνήgunē · woman: wifeG1135
- theyεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- twainδύοduo · twoG1417
- ·εἰςeis · towardG1519
- oneεἷςheis · oneG1520
- fleshσάρξsarx · fleshG4561
Cross-references for Matthew 19:5
- Genesis 2:21So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh.
- Psalms 45:10Listen, daughter, and pay careful attention: Forget your people and your father’s house.
- Mark 10:5“It was because your hearts were hard that Moses wrote you this law,” Jesus replied.
- 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.”
- Genesis 34:3His heart was drawn to Dinah daughter of Jacob; he loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her.
- Deuteronomy 4:4but all of you who held fast to the Lord your God are still alive today.
- Deuteronomy 10:20Fear the Lord your God and serve him. Hold fast to him and take your oaths in his name.
- Deuteronomy 11:22If you carefully observe all these commands I am giving you to follow—to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him and to hold fast to him—
- 1 Samuel 18:1After David had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan became one in spirit with David, and he loved him as himself.
- 2 Samuel 1:26I grieve for you, Jonathan my brother; you were very dear to me. Your love for me was wonderful, more wonderful than that of women.
- 1 Kings 11:2They were from nations about which the Lord had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, because they will surely turn your hearts after their gods.” Nevertheless, Solomon held fast to them in love.
- Psalms 63:8I cling to you; your right hand upholds me.
- Romans 12:9Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.
- 1 Corinthians 6:16Do you not 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 since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband.
Commentaries on Matthew 19:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5For this cause - Being created for this very purpose; that they might glorify their Maker in a matrimonial connection. A man shall leave (, wholly give up) both father and mother - the matrimonial union being more intimate and binding than even paternal or filial affection; - and shall be closely united, , shall be firmly cemented to his wife. A beautiful metaphor, which most forcibly intimates that nothing but death can separate them: as a well-glued…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4-6Verses 4-6 And he answered and said - Instead of referring to the opinions of either party, Jesus called their attention to the original design of marriage, to the authority of Moses an authority acknowledged by them both. Have ye not read? - Genesis 1:27; Genesis 2:21-22. “And said, For this cause,” etc., Genesis 2:24. That is, God, at the beginning, made but one man and one woman: their posterity should learn that the original intention of marriage…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 3-12Verses 3-12 The Pharisees were desirous of drawing something from Jesus which they might represent as contrary to the law of Moses. Cases about marriage have been numerous, and sometimes perplexed; made so, not by the law of God, but by the lusts and follies of men; and often people fix what they will do, before they ask for advice. Jesus replied by asking whether they had not read the account of the creation, and the first example of marriage; thus…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-5The Pharisees did not consider all of God's teachings. God intended marriage to be a permanent union (see Genesis 2:18–25; see also 1 Corinthians 7:10–16).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. And said, For this cause--to follow out this divine appointment. shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?--Jesus here sends them back to the original constitution of man as one pair, a male and a female; to their marriage, as such, by divine appointment; and to the purpose of God, expressed by the sacred historian, that in all time one man and one woman should by marriage become one flesh--so…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Matthew 19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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