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Matthew 19:5
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KJ21
and said, ‘For this cause shall a man leave father and mother and shall cleave to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh’?
ASV
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?
AMP
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’?
AMPC
And said, For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be united firmly (joined inseparably) to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh?
BRG
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?
CSB
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’?
CSBA
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”?
CEB
And God said, ‘Because of this a man should leave his father and mother and be joined together with his wife, and the two will be one flesh.’
CJB
and that he said, ‘For this reason a man should leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two are to become one flesh’?
CEV
That's why a man leaves his father and mother and gets married. He becomes like one person with his wife.
DARBY
and said, On account of this a man shall leave father and mother, and shall be united to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh?
DLNT
And He said [in Gen 2:24], ‘For this reason a man will leave-behind his father and his mother and will be joined to his wife. And the two will be one flesh’.
DRA
For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be in one flesh.
ERV
And God said, ‘That is why a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife. And the two people will become one.’
EASY
Because of this, a man leaves his father and his mother. God joins him and his wife together. The man and the woman become like one body.
EHV
and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will be one flesh’?
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’?
ESVUK
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’?
EXB
And God said, ‘So a man will leave his father and mother and be ·united with [joined to] his wife, and the two will become ·one body [as though they were one person; T one flesh; Gen. 2:24].’
GNV
And said, For this cause, shall a man leave father and mother, and cleave unto his wife, and they which were two, shall be one flesh?
GW
and that he said, ‘That’s why a man will leave his father and mother and will remain united with his wife, and the two will be one’?
GNT
And God said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and unite with his wife, and the two will become one.’
HCSB
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 ?
ICB
And God said, ‘So a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife. And the two people will become one body.’
ISV
and said, ‘That is why a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?
PHILLIPS
“Haven’t you read,” he answered, “that the one who created them from the beginning ‘made them male and female’ 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’? So they are no longer two separate people but one. No man therefore must separate what God has joined together.”
JUB
And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother and shall be joined to his wife, and they shall be two in one flesh.
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?
AKJV
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?
LSB
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’?
LEB
and said, ‘On account of this a man will leave his father and his mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?
TLB
and that a man should leave his father and mother, and be forever united to his wife. The two shall become one—no longer two, but one! And no man may divorce what God has joined together.”
MSG
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.”
MEV
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’ ?
MOUNCE
And he added, “For this reason a man will leave his father and · mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.’
NOG
and that he said, ‘That’s why a man will leave his father and mother and will remain united with his wife, and the two will be one’?
NABRE
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’?
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’?
NASB1995
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’?
NCB
and said: ‘That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two become one flesh’?
NCV
And God said, ‘So a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will become one body.’
NET
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’?
NIRV
He said, ‘That’s why a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife. The two will become one.’ (Genesis 2:24)
NIV
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’?
NIVUK
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” ?
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’?
NLV
It says, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and his mother and will live with his wife. The two will become one.’
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.’
NMB
and said, For this thing shall a man leave father and mother and cleave unto his wife, and the two shall be one flesh?
NRSVA
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”?
NRSVACE
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”?
NRSVCE
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’?
NRSVUE
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’?
NTFE
And this is what he 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.’
OJB
And he said, Because of this, YAAZAV ISH ES AVIV VES IMMO VDAVAK BISHTO VHAYU LVASAR ECHAD (a man will leave his father and his mother and will be joined to his isha (wife), and the two will be one flesh, BERESHIS 2:24).
RGT
“and said, ‘For this reason, a man shall leave father and mother, and cling to his wife. And those who were two, shall be one flesh?’
RSV
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’?
RSVCE
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’?
TLV
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.’
VOICE
“For this reason, a man will leave his mother and father and cleave to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”
WEB
and said, ‘For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh’?
WE
God said, "A man must leave his father and mother and must stay with his wife. The two of them will be like one person."
WYC
And he said, For this thing a man shall leave father and mother, and he shall draw to his wife [and he shall cleave, or draw, to his wife]; and they shall be twain in one flesh.
YLT
and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall be -- the two -- for one flesh?
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