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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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  1. 2:24 One body: lit., “one flesh.” The covenant of marriage establishes kinship bonds of the first rank between the partners.

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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(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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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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  1. Matthew 19:5 Gen. 2:24

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

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and the two will become one flesh.’[a](A) So they are no longer two, but one flesh.

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  1. Mark 10:8 Gen. 2:24

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

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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