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Matthew 19:5 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: 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
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3 The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
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?
6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
7 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?
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Matthew 19:1
"And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan;"
Matthew 19:2
"And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there."
Matthew 19:3
"The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?"
Matthew 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,"
Matthew 19:6
"Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder."
Matthew 19:7
"They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?"
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