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KJV, Word Study Bible, Red Letter Edition: 1,700 Key Words that Unlock the Meaning of the Bible. And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
Matthew Chapter 19 4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, 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?
What does Matthew 19:5 mean? Jesus is answering a question from some Pharisees who are testing Him and trying to trip Him up. They want Him to say something controversial about the highly divisive issue of divorce.
Contemporary English Version. That's why a man leaves his father and mother and gets married. He becomes like one person with his wife. Douay-Rheims Bible. For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be in one flesh. English Revised Version.
4. (Matthew 19:7-9) The Mosaic controversy: Jesus’ second answer. They said to Him, “Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away?” He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.
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Matthew 19 - 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?
