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Matthew 19:5

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’?

Matthew 19:5 BSB
  1. a Genesis 2:24 (see also LXX)

Matthew 19:5 has 16 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 13 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Genesis 2:21–24 (49 votes) and 1 Corinthians 7:4 (24 votes). 19 other verses point back to it. It links with 15 other books, from Genesis 2 to 1 Peter 3.

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Which verses does Matthew 19:5 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Genesis 2:21–2449 votes

    So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the area with flesh. And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him. …

  2. 1 Corinthians 7:424 votes

    The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife.

  3. 1 Corinthians 7:220 votes

    But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.

  4. Ephesians 5:3112 votes

    “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”

  5. Mark 10:5–910 votes

    But Jesus told them, “Moses wrote this commandment for you because of your hardness of heart. However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’ …

  6. 1 Corinthians 6:168 votes

    Or don’t you 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.”

  7. 1 Samuel 18:15 votes

    After David had finished speaking with Saul, the souls of Jonathan and David were knit together, and Jonathan loved him as himself.

  8. Psalm 63:85 votes

    My soul clings to You; Your right hand upholds me.

  9. Romans 12:95 votes

    Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.

  10. Deuteronomy 4:44 votes

    But you who held fast to the LORD your God are alive to this day, every one of you.

  11. 2 Samuel 1:264 votes
  12. 1 Kings 11:24 votes
  13. Psalm 45:104 votes
  14. Genesis 34:33 votes
  15. Deuteronomy 10:203 votes
  16. Deuteronomy 11:223 votes

Which verses point to Matthew 19:5?

The 10 strongest of 19.