Matthew 19:5

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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?

And Jesus replied, He wrote this precept on account of your cruel tempers:

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

Let love be unfeigned. Abhor that which is evil, cleave to that which is good;

God forbid! What! know ye not that he who is joined to an harlot is one body with her? for these two, saith he, shall be one flesh.

Nevertheless to prevent whoredoms, let every one have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother,

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.