²⁴ That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united^(A) to his wife, and they become one flesh.^(B)

¹⁵ Has not the one God made you?^(A) You belong to him in body and spirit. And what does the one God seek? Godly offspring.^[a](B) So be on your guard,^(C) and do not be unfaithful^(D) to the wife of your youth.

¹⁶ Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”^[a](A)

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)