Matthew 19:4
And he said to them in response, “Have you not read that he who made man from the beginning, made them male and female?” And he said:
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Genesis 1:27And God created man to his own image; to the image of God he created him; male and female, he created them.
Genesis 2:23And Adam said: “Now this is bone from my bones, and flesh from my flesh. This one shall be called woman, because she was taken from man.”
2 Chronicles 24:3Now Jehoiada gave to him two wives, from whom he conceived sons and daughters.
Matthew 12:3But he said to them: “Have you not read what David did, when he was hungry, and those who were with him:
Matthew 21:42Jesus said to them: “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone that the builders have rejected has become the cornerstone. By the Lord has this been done, and it is wonderful in our eyes?’
Mark 2:25And he said to them: “Have you never read what David did, when he had need and was hungry, both he and those who were 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 →