{Saving for the cause of fornication} (parektos logou
porneias). An unusual phrase that perhaps means "except for a
matter of unchastity." "Except on the ground of unchastity"
(Weymouth), "except unfaithfulness" (Goodspeed), and is
equivalent to m(8820)epi pornei(8369) in  Mt 19:9 . McNeile denies that
Jesus made this exception because Mark and Luke do not give it.
He claims that the early Christians made the exception to meet a
pressing need, but one fails to see the force of this charge
against Matthew's report of the words of Jesus. It looks like
criticism to meet modern needs.