24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united(A) to his wife, and they become one flesh.(B)

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24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

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and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’[a]?(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 19:5 Gen. 2:24

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?

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‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,[a] and the two will become one flesh.’[b](A) So they are no longer two, but one flesh.

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  1. Mark 10:7 Some early manuscripts do not have and be united to his wife.
  2. Mark 10:8 Gen. 2:24

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

And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.

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31 “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”[a](A)

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  1. Ephesians 5:31 Gen. 2:24

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

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