Thematic Bible: To dwell with them for life

For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. Verse ConceptsAbusive HusbandsAbuse From a SpouseAdam's Relationship With EveBad ParentsAdulterersAdultery and DivorceBeing A Dadethics, personalBeing A Women Of GodBeing A Womendivorce, in OTdivorce, amongst believersBeginningBodyHusbandsIntimacyLove, In RelationshipsMothers, Responsibilities OfMysteryOne FleshForsaking All OthersPolygamyUnity, God's Goal OfWomenMarriageHusbands Duty To WivesDesign Of MarriageCohabitationCourtingControlling ParentsCivilizationHealthy MarriagesAnnulmentSexual UnionClinging To PeopleParting From ParentsPeople Abandoning PeopleFamily UnityAdult ChildrenHusband And WifeMarriage Between Man And WomanFather And Daughter RelationshipsMan And WomanLeaving Parents For Spousemumsmatrimony

Some Pharisees came to Jesus, testing Him and asking, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason at all?" And He answered and said, "Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning MADE THEM MALE AND FEMALE, 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'? read more.
"So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate." They said to Him, "Why then did Moses command to GIVE HER A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE AND SEND her AWAY?" He said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart Moses permitted you to divorce your wives; but from the beginning it has not been this way. "And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery."