18 Bible Verses about Leaving Parents For Spouse

Therefore, a man must leave his father and mother and so perfectly unite himself to his wife that the two shall be one.

and said, 'For this reason a man must leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two of them must be one!'

Therefore, a man must leave his father and mother,

And everyone who has given up home or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or farms, for my sake, will receive many times as much, and in addition will be in possession of eternal life.

"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and still more, his own life too, he cannot be a disciple of mine.

Another said, 'I have just gotten married, and so I cannot come.'

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to practice piety in the treatment of their own families, and to pay the debt they owe their parents or grandparents, for this is acceptable to God.

So He said to them, "I solemnly say to you, there is no one who has given up home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the kingdom of God,

It is now the third time that I have been ready to come to see you, and I will never ask you for financial support, for it is not your money but you yourselves that I want; for children are not by duty bound to lay up money for their parents, but parents for their children.

To the people already married I give this instruction -- no, not I but the Lord -- that a wife is not to leave her husband.

For the unbelieving husband is consecrated by union with his wife and the unbelieving wife by union with her Christian husband, for otherwise your children would be unblessed, but in this way they are consecrated.

Anybody who loves father or mother more than he loves me is not worthy of me,

But if she does leave him, she must remain single, or better, be reconciled to her husband. I instruct the husband too not to divorce his wife.

Jesus said, "I solemnly say to you, there is no one who has given up home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or farm for me and for the good news,

and he and his wife must become one,' so they are no longer two but one.

Father will be 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 man said, "I will follow you, Lord, but let me first say 'Goodbye' to the homefolks."

A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. If her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she pleases, except that he must be a Christian.