Matthew 19:5

NET Bible® (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’?

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  • 1 Cor 6:16 : 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.”
  • Eph 5:31 : 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.
  • Gen 2:21-24 : 21 So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he was asleep, he took part of the man’s side and closed up the place with flesh. 22 Then the LORD God made a woman from the part he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. 23 Then the man said,“This one at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one will be called‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.” 24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and unites with his wife, and they become a new family.
  • 1 Kgs 11:2 : 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.
  • Ps 45:10 : 10 Listen, O princess! Observe and pay attention! Forget your homeland and your family!
  • Ps 63:8 : 8 My soul pursues you; your right hand upholds me.
  • Mark 10:5-9 : 5 But Jesus said to them,“He wrote this commandment for you because of your hard hearts. 6 But from the beginning of creation he made them male and female. 7 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother, 8 and the two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9 Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
  • Rom 12:9 : 9 Conduct in Love Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil, cling to what is good.
  • Gen 34:3 : 3 Then he became very attached to Dinah, Jacob’s daughter. He fell in love with the young woman and spoke romantically to her.
  • Deut 4:4 : 4 But you who remained faithful to the LORD your God are still alive to this very day, every one of you.
  • Deut 10:20 : 20 Revere the LORD your God, serve him, be loyal to him and take oaths only in his name.
  • Deut 11:22 : 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,
  • 1 Sam 18:1 : 1 Saul Comes to Fear David 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.
  • 2 Sam 1:26 : 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 Cor 7:2 : 2 But because of immoralities, each man should have relations with his own wife and each woman with her own husband.
  • 1 Cor 7:4 : 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eph 5:28-33
    6 verses
    94%

    28In the same way husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

    29For no one has ever hated his own body, but he feeds it and takes care of it, just as Christ also does the church,

    30because we are members of his body.

    31For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.

    32This mystery is great– but I am actually speaking with reference to Christ and the church.

    33Nevertheless, each one of you must also love his own wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

  • Gen 2:22-25
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    93%

    22Then the LORD God made a woman from the part he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.

    23Then the man said,“This one at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one will be called‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.”

    24That is why a man leaves his father and mother and unites with his wife, and they become a new family.

    25The man and his wife were both naked, but they were not ashamed.

  • Mark 10:5-12
    8 verses
    91%

    5But Jesus said to them,“He wrote this commandment for you because of your hard hearts.

    6But from the beginning of creation he made them male and female.

    7For this reason a man will leave his father and mother,

    8and the two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one flesh.

    9Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

    10In the house once again, the disciples asked him about this.

    11So he told them,“Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.

    12And if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”

  • Matt 19:6-10
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    91%

    6So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

    7They said to him,“Why then did Moses command us to give a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her?”

    8Jesus said to them,“Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hard hearts, but from the beginning it was not this way.

    9Now I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another commits adultery.”

    10The disciples said to him,“If this is the case of a husband with a wife, it is better not to marry!”

  • Matt 19:3-4
    2 verses
    84%

    3Then some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked,“Is it lawful to divorce a wife for any cause?”

    4He answered,“Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator made them male and female,

  • 1 Cor 6:16-17
    2 verses
    77%

    16Or 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.”

    17But the one united with the Lord is one spirit with him.

  • Matt 5:31-32
    2 verses
    75%

    31Divorce“It was said,‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a legal document.’

    32But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

  • Gen 2:18
    73%

    18The LORD God said,“It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a companion for him who corresponds to him.”

  • Mal 2:15
    73%

    15No 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.

  • Deut 24:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1If a man marries a woman and she does not please him because he has found something indecent in her, then he may draw up a divorce document, give it to her, and evict her from his house.

    2When she has left him she may go and become someone else’s wife.

  • 1 Cor 7:2
    73%

    2But because of immoralities, each man should have relations with his own wife and each woman with her own husband.

  • 1 Cor 7:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10To the married I give this command– not I, but the Lord– a wife should not divorce a husband

    11(but if she does, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband), and a husband should not divorce his wife.

  • Gen 5:2
    72%

    2He created them male and female; when they were created, he blessed them and named them“humankind.”

  • Luke 16:18
    72%

    18“Everyone who divorces his wife and marries someone else commits adultery, and the one who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.

  • Luke 20:34
    71%

    34So Jesus said to them,“The people of this age marry and are given in marriage.

  • Eph 5:25
    71%

    25Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her

  • Luke 18:29
    71%

    29Then Jesus said to them,“I tell you the truth, there is no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of God’s kingdom

  • Prov 5:18
    70%

    18May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife you married in your youth–

  • 1 Cor 7:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4It 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.

    5Do not deprive each other, except by mutual agreement for a specified time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then resume your relationship, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

  • Eph 5:22
    69%

    22Exhortations to Households Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord,

  • Matt 22:25
    69%

    25Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children he left his wife to his brother.

  • Gen 1:27
    69%

    27God created humankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them, male and female he created them.

  • Matt 19:29
    69%

    29And whoever has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.

  • Matt 5:27
    69%

    27Adultery“You have heard that it was said,‘Do not commit adultery.’

  • Matt 19:19
    69%

    19honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.”