¹⁶ Do you not know that whoever is united to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For it is said, “The two shall be one flesh.”^(A)

²⁴ Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh.^(A)

³¹ “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”^(A)

⁸ and the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two but one flesh.^(A)

⁵ and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?^{(A) 6} So they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

³¹ Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God ahead of you.^{(A) 32} For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him, and even after you saw it you did not change your minds and believe him.^(B)

³¹ By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those who were disobedient,^[a] because she had received the spies in peace.^(A)

Samson and Delilah

16 Once Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went in to her.

²⁴ About three months later Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself; moreover, she is pregnant as a result of prostitution.” And Judah said, “Bring her out, and let her be burned.”^(A)

³¹ But they said, “Should our sister be treated like a prostitute?”