18 Bible Verses about Leaving Parents For Spouse

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

and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh?

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife;

And every one that has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundred fold, and shall inherit eternal life. But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.

If any one comes to me, and hates not his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and his own life also, he can not be my disciple.

And another said, I have married a wife, and, for this reason, I can not come.

But if any widow has children or grand-children, let them learn first to be dutiful to their own family, and to requite their parents; for that is good and acceptable in the sight of God.

And he said to them: Verily I say to you, There is no one that has left house, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God,

Behold, I am ready the third time to come to you, and I will not burden you: for I seek not yours, but you. For the children ought not to lay up treasure for the parents, but the parents for the children.

But to the married I give commandment, not I, but the Lord: Let not the wife leave her husband:

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband; for if not, then are your children unclean; but now they are holy.

He that loves father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me: and he that loves son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me:

but if she leave him, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and, let not the husband put away his wife.

And Jesus answering, said: Verily I say to you, There is no one that has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel,

and the two shall be one flesh. So, then, they are no longer two, but one flesh.

The father shall be at variance with the son, and the son with the father; the mother with the daughter, and the daughter with the mother; the mother-in-law with her daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law with her mother-in-law.

And another said: I will follow thee, Lord; but first permit me to take leave of those at home.

The wife is bound as long as her husband lives; but if her husband die, she is free to be married to whom she will, only in the Lord.