Matthew 19:5
and 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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4“Haven’t you read,” replied Jesus, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’
Cross References
Genesis 34:3but his heart was drawn to Dinah the daughter of Jacob – he loved her and spoke endearingly to her.
Psalms 45:10Listen, daughter, and see; and incline your ear: forget your folk and your father’s house.
Mark 10:5“It was owing to the hardness of your hearts,” said Jesus, “that Moses gave you this direction;
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 →