Matthew 19:4

He answered them, “Have you not read that he who made them from the beginning ‘made them male and female,’

Text-Critical English NT

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

3Then the Pharisees came up to Jesus and tested him by asking him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”

5and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?

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Cross References

Matthew 12:3He 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 the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord's doing, and it is amazing in our eyes’?

Mark 2:25He said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he had need and was hungry, 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 →

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