Genesis 2:24
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
24 (A)That is why a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife, and the two of them become one body.[a]
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- 2:24 One body: lit., “one flesh.” The covenant of marriage establishes kinship bonds of the first rank between the partners.
Genesis 2:24
King James Version
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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Matthew 19:5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
5 (A)and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?
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Matthew 19:5
King James Version
5 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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Mark 10:7-8
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
7 For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother [and be joined to his wife],(A) 8 and the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two but one flesh.
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Mark 10:7-8
King James Version
7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
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