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and said, ‘For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh’?

Matthew 19:5 · WEB

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ગુજરાતીમાથ્થી ૧૯:૫
અને કહ્યું કે ‘તે કારણને લીધે પુરુષ પોતાનાં માતાપિતાને મૂકીને પોતાની પત્નીને વળગી રહેશે, અને તે બન્ને એક દેહ થશે?’
हिन्दीमत्ती १९:५
‘इस कारण मनुष्य अपने माता पिता से अलग होकर अपनी पत्नी के साथ रहेगा और वे दोनों एक तन होंगे?’

In context

3Pharisees came to him, testing him and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”

4He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,

5and said, ‘For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh’?

6So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don’t let man tear apart.”

7They asked him, “Why then did Moses command us to give her a certificate of divorce and divorce her?”

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