18 Bible Verses about Leaving Parents For Spouse

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

And He said: "For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh."

"For this cause shall a man leave his father and his mother;

And every one who hath left brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, or houses, for the sake of my name, will receive many fold more, and will inherit everlasting life.

If any one cometh to me, and hateth not his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

But if any widow have children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety to their own family, and to requite their parents; for this is acceptable before God.

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

Behold, I am ready to come to you this third time, and I will not be a charge to you; for I seek not yours, but you. For the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

But to those who are married it is my command, yet not mine, but the Lords: Let not the wife separate herself from her husband,

For the unbelieving husband hath been made holy by his wife, and the unbelieving wife hath been made holy by the brother; otherwise were your children unclean, but, as it is, they are holy.

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

and if she have separated herself let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband; and let not the husband put away his wife.

Jesus said, Truly do I say to you, There is no one who hath left house, or brothers, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or lands, for the sake of me and of the glad tidings,

and the two shall become one flesh." So they are no longer two, but one flesh.

They will be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against mother; the motherinlaw against her daughterinlaw, and the daughterinlaw against her motherinlaw.

And another also said, I will follow thee, Lord; but first let me bid farewell to those who are in my house.

The wife is bound to her husband as long as he liveth; but if her husband die, she is free to marry whom she will, only in the Lord.