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’?†
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Matthew 19:5 in context
Matthew 19:2–8
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Great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there.
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Pharisees came to him, testing him and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”
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He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,
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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’?†
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So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don’t let man tear apart.”
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They asked him, “Why then did Moses command us to give her a certificate of divorce and divorce her?”
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He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.
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