Matthew 19:5
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| Overview - Matthew 19 | |
| 1 | Christ heals the sick; |
| 3 | answers the Pharisees concerning divorcement; |
| 10 | shows when marriage is necessary; |
| 13 | receives little children; |
| 16 | instructs the young man how to attain eternal life; |
| 20 | and how to be perfect; |
| 23 | tells his disciples how hard it is for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God; |
| 27 | and promises reward to those that forsake any thing to follow him. |
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Matthew 19:5 (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?
- said
- Genesis 2:21-24 ; Psalms 45:10 ; Mark 10:5-9 ; Ephesians 5:31
- cleave
- [Proskollao
,] "shall be cemented to his wife," as the Hebrew davak implies; a beautiful metaphor, forcibly intimating that nothing but death can separate them. - Genesis 34:3 ; Deuteronomy 4:4 ; 10:20 11:22 1 Samuel 18:1 ; 2 Samuel 1:26 ; 1 Kings 11:2 ; Psalms 63:8
- Romans 12:9
- and they
- 1 Corinthians 6:16 ; 1 Corinthians 7:2 1 Corinthians 7:4