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Matthew 19:4

Jesus answered and said, “Have you not read that he who made them from 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

3Pharisees came to him, testing him, saying to him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause?”

5He who made them also said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and join to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.'

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Cross References

Genesis 1:27God created man in his own image. In his own image he created him. Male and female he created them.

Genesis 2:23The man said, 1 “This time, this one is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. 1 She will be called 'woman,' because she was taken out of man.”

2 Chronicles 24:3Jehoiada took for him two wives, and he became the father of sons and daughters.

Matthew 12:3But Jesus said to them, “Have you never read what David did, when he was hungry, and the men who were with him?

Matthew 21:42Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the scriptures, 1 'The stone which the builders rejected 1 has been made the cornerstone. 1 This was from the Lord, 1 and it is marvelous in our eyes'?

Mark 2:25He said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was in need and hungry—he and the men 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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