18 Bible Verses about Leaving Parents For Spouse

"For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh."

and 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'?

'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife,

And every one who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name's sake, will receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life.

"If any one comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

Still another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.'

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to practice their religion in regard to their own family and to make some return to their parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

So he said to them, "Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or parents or brothers or wife or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God,

Here for the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be a burden to you, for I seek not what is yours but you; for children ought not to lay up for their parents, but parents for their children.

To the married I give charge, not I but the Lord, that the wife should not separate from her husband

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her husband. Otherwise, your children would be unclean, but as it is they are holy.

He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;

(but if she does leave, she must remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband should not divorce his wife.

Jesus said, "Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel,

and the two shall become one flesh.' So they are no longer two, but one flesh.

They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."

Still another said, "I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say farewell to those at my home."

A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.