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

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]

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] 32} This is a great mystery, but it is an illustration of the way Christ and the church are one.