Matthew 19:4

Jesus replied, “Haven't you read that God who created people in the beginning made them male and female?

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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

3Some Pharisees came to test him. “Is a man allowed to divorce his wife for any reason?” they asked.

5He said, ‘This is the reason a man will leave his father and mother, and join with his wife, and the two shall become one.’

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Cross References

Genesis 1:27So God created human beings in his own image. He created them in the image of God. He created them male and female.

Genesis 2:23“Finally!” said Adam. “Here is bone from my bone and flesh from my flesh. She shall be called woman, because she was taken out of man.”

2 Chronicles 24:3Jehoiada arranged for him to marry two wives, and he had sons and daughters.

Matthew 12:3But Jesus told them, “Haven't you read what David did when he and his men were hungry?

Matthew 21:42“So haven't you read this in the Scriptures?” Jesus asked them. “‘The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. The Lord has done this, and it is wonderful in our eyes.’

Mark 2:25“Haven't you ever read what David did when he and his men were hungry and in need?” Jesus asked them.

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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