17 Bible Verses about Leaving Parents For Spouse

Therefore shall a man leave father and mother and cleave to his wife, and the pair shall be one flesh.

said, Hence a man shall leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and the pair shall be one flesh?

hence a man shall leave his father and mother,

Everyone who has left brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands or houses for my name's sake will get a hundred times as much and inherit life eternal.

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

Another said, 'I have married a wife; that is why I cannot come.'

(When a widow has children or grandchildren, they must learn that the first duty of religion is to their own household, and that they should make some return to those who have brought them up. In God's sight this is an acceptable thing.)

He said to them, "I tell you truly, no one has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the Realm of God,

Here am I all ready to pay you my third visit. And I will not be a burden to you; I want yourselves and not your money. Children have not to put money by for their parents; that is what parents do for their children.

For married people these are my instructions (and they are the Lord's, not mine). A wife is not to separate from her husband ??11 if she has separated, she must either remain single or be reconciled to him ??and a husband must not put away his wife.

For the unbelieving husband is consecrated in the person of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is consecrated in the person of the Christian brother she has married; otherwise, of course, your children would be unholy instead of being consecrated to God.

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

Jesus said, "I tell you truly, no one has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for my sake and for the sake of the gospel,

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

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."

Another man also said to him, "I will follow you, Lord. But let me first say good-bye to my people at home."

A woman is bound to her husband during his lifetime; but if he dies, she is free to marry anyone she pleases ??only, it must be a Christian.