Matthew 19:4
And having answered, he said to them, Have ye not read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,
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Genesis 1:27And God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him, male and female he created them.
Genesis 2:23And the man said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
2 Chronicles 24:3And Jehoiada took two wives for him, and he begot sons and daughters.
Matthew 12:3But he said to them, Have ye not read what David did when he was hungry, he and those with him,
Matthew 21:42Jesus says to them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone that those who build rejected, this came to be in the head of the corner. This happened from Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes?
Mark 2:25And he said to them, Did ye never read what David did when he had need, and was hungry, he and those with him?
Matthew Henry on Matthew 19:4-13
The Law of Divorce. 3 The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? 4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, 5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? 6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put… Read the whole commentary →