Matthew 19:4

But he answering said [to them], Have ye not read that he who made [them], from the beginning made them male and female,

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,

In Context

3And the Pharisees came to him tempting him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

5and said, On account of this a man shall leave father and mother, and shall be united to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh?

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Cross References

Genesis 1:27And God created Man in his image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Genesis 2:23And Man said, This time it is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh: this shall be called Woman, because this was taken out of a man.

2 Chronicles 24:3And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begot sons and daughters.

Matthew 12:3But he said to them, Have ye not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him?

Matthew 21:42Jesus says to them, Have ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which they that builded rejected, this has become the corner-stone: this is of [the] Lord, and it is wonderful in our eyes?

Mark 2:25And *he* said to them, Have ye never read what David did when he had need and hungered, *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 →

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