15 Didn’t the one God make us with a remnant of His life-breath? And what does the One seek?[a] A godly offspring. So watch yourselves carefully,[b](A) and do not act treacherously against the wife of your youth.

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Footnotes

  1. Malachi 2:15 Or Did the One not make them? So their flesh and spirit belong to Him, or No one who does this even has a remnant of the Spirit in him; Hb obscure
  2. Malachi 2:15 Lit So guard yourselves in your spirit

and He also said:

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)[a]

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For this reason a man will leave(A)
his father and mother
[and be joined to his wife],[a]
and the two will become one flesh.(B)[b]

So they are no longer two, but one flesh.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 10:7 Other mss omit bracketed text
  2. Mark 10:8 Gn 2:24

16 Don’t you know that anyone joined to a prostitute is one body with her? For Scripture says, The two will become one flesh.(A)[a]

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

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