Matthew 19:5 - Compare All Versions
Matthew 19:5 NIV (New International Version)
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’?
Matthew 19:5 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
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’?
Matthew 19:5 NLT (New Living Translation)
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.’
Matthew 19:5 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
and he also said, ‘ For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh ’?
Matthew 19:5 KJV (King James 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?
Matthew 19:5 NKJV (New King James Version)
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’?
Matthew 19:4-6 MSG (The Message)
He answered, “Haven’t you read in your Bible that the Creator originally made man and woman for each other, male and female? And because of this, a man leaves father and mother and is firmly bonded to his wife, becoming one flesh—no longer two bodies but one. Because God created this organic union of the two sexes, no one should desecrate his art by cutting them apart.”
Matthew 19:5 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
and said, ‘FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND HIS MOTHER AND BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH’?
Matthew 19:5 AMP (Amplified Bible)
and said, ‘FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND SHALL BE JOINED INSEPARABLY TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH’? [Gen 1:27; 2:24; Mark 10:7]
Matthew 19:5 NET (New English Translation)
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 ’?