Matthew 19:5-8

5and said, aTherefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and bthe two shall become one flesh’? 6So they are no longer two but one flesh. cWhat therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.” 7They said to him, dWhy then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce and to send her away?” 8He said to them, Because of your ehardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.

Ephesians 5:31-33

31 fTherefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and gthe two shall become one flesh.” 32This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. 33However, hlet each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she irespects her husband.

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