aCited Matt. 19:5; Mark 10:7; 1 Cor. 6:16; Eph. 5:31; [Ps. 45:10; 1 Cor. 7:10, 11]
bMark 16:14; [Mark 3:5; 6:52; Heb. 3:8]

Genesis 2:24

24 aTherefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

Matthew 19:8

8He said to them, “Because of your bhardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.
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