Matthew 19:5

Teaching About Divorce

5 "and said, d 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and e the two shall become one flesh'? 1

  1. Cross References
    Genesis 2:24
    Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
    Mark 10:5 - 9
    And Jesus answered and said to them, "Because of the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
    Ephesians 5:31
    "For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh."
  2. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 6:16
    Or do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with her? For "the two," He says, "shall become one flesh.
    1 Corinthians 7:2
    Nevertheless, because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
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