³¹ As the Scriptures say, “A man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.”^[a]

⁵ And he said, “‘This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.’^[a]

²⁴ This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.

⁷ ‘This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife,^{[a] 8} and the two are united into one.’^[b] Since they are no longer two but one,

¹⁶ And don’t you realize that if a man joins himself to a prostitute, he becomes one body with her? For the Scriptures say, “The two are united into one.”^[a]