Matthew 19:4

He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,

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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 and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”

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

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Cross References

Genesis 1:27God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.

Genesis 2:23The man said, “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. 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 he said to them, “Haven’t you read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him:

Matthew 21:42Yeshua said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures, ‘The stone which the builders rejected was made the head of the corner. This was from the Lord. It is marvelous in our eyes’?

Mark 2:25He said to them, “Did 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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