Matthew 19:4

‘Haven’t you read,’ replied Jesus, ‘that at the beginning the Creator “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

3Presently some Pharisees came up to him, and, to test him, said, ‘Has a man the right to divorce his wife for every cause?’

5and said – “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother, and be united to his wife, and the man and his wife will become one”?

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Cross References

Genesis 1:27So God created humans in his image, he created them in the image of God. He created them male and female.

Genesis 2:23Then the human said, ‘This now is bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh. She will be called Woman, for from man she was taken.’

Matthew 12:3‘Haven’t you read,’ replied Jesus, ‘what David did, when he and his companions were hungry –

Matthew 21:42Then Jesus added, ‘Have you never read in the scriptures? – “The stone which the builders despised – has now itself become the cornerstone. This cornerstone has come from the Lord, and is marvellous in our eyes.”

Mark 2:25‘Have you never read,’ answered Jesus, ‘what David did when he was in need and hungry, he and his companions –

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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