Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Ephesians 5:31 in English Standard Version "“Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”" Ge 2:24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. Mt 19:5 and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? Mr 10:7 ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, 1Co 6:16 Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, “The two will become one flesh.”