Matthew 19:5

New English Translation

and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?

Cross References

Genesis 34:3

Then he became very attached to Dinah, Jacob’s daughter. He fell in love with the young woman and spoke romantically to her.

2 Samuel 1:26

I grieve over you, my brother Jonathan! You were very dear to me. Your love was more special to me than the love of women.

1 Kings 11:2

They came from nations about which the Lord had warned the Israelites, “You must not establish friendly relations with them! If you do, they will surely shift your allegiance to their gods.” But Solomon was irresistibly attracted to them.

Psalm 45:10

Listen, O princess! Observe and pay attention! Forget your homeland and your family!

Psalm 63:8

My soul pursues you; your right hand upholds me.

Malachi 2:15

No one who has even a small portion of the Spirit in him does this. What did our ancestor do when seeking a child from God? Be attentive, then, to your own spirit, for one should not be disloyal to the wife he took in his youth.

Matthew 19:6

So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

Romans 12:9

Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil, cling to what is good.

1 Corinthians 6:16

Or do you not know that anyone who is united with a prostitute is one body with her? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”

1 Corinthians 7:2

But because of immoralities, each man should have relations with his own wife and each woman with her own husband.

1 Corinthians 7:4

It is not the wife who has the rights to her own body, but the husband. In the same way, it is not the husband who has the rights to his own body, but the wife.

Ephesians 5:31

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.

Deuteronomy 10:20

Revere the Lord your God, serve him, be loyal to him and take oaths only in his name.

Deuteronomy 11:22

For if you carefully observe all of these commandments I am giving you and love the Lord your God, live according to his standards, and remain loyal to him,

Deuteronomy 4:4

But you who remained faithful to the Lord your God are still alive to this very day, every one of you.

1 Samuel 18:1

When David had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan and David became bound together in close friendship. Jonathan loved David as much as he did his own life.

1 Samuel 25:43

David had also married Ahinoam from Jezreel; the two of them became his wives.