Matthew 19:3-7
New American Standard Bible
Chapter 19
3Some Pharisees came to Jesus, testing Him and asking, 'Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason at all?' 4And He answered and said, 'Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning MADE THEM MALE AND FEMALE, 5and 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’? 6So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, no person is to separate.' 7They *said to Him, 'Why, then, did Moses command to GIVE her a certificate of divorce and send her away?'King James Version
Chapter 19
3The 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? 4And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, 5And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? 6Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. 7They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?Christian Standard Bible
4"Haven’t you read," he replied, "that he who created them in the beginning made them male and female,"
5and 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?
6So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate."
New Living Translation
4Haven’t you read the Scriptures?' Jesus replied. 'They record that from the beginning ‘God made them male and female.’ '
5And 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.’
6Since they are no longer two but one, let no one split apart what God has joined together.'
English Standard Version
Chapter 19
3And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, "Is it lawful to divorce one 's wife for any cause?" 4He answered, "Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, 5and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? 6So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate." 7They said to him, "Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce and to send her away?"New International Version
4"Haven’t you read," he replied, "that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’
5and 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’ ?
6So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate."
New King James Version
4And He answered and said to them, “Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female,’
5and 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’?
6So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”
