Matthew 19:4

And he answered and said to them: Have ye not read, that he who made them at the beginning, made them a male and a female?

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

3And Pharisees came to him, and tempted him and said: Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for every cause?

5And he said: For this reason, a man shall leave his father and his mother, and adhere to his wife; and they two shall be one flesh.

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Cross References

Matthew 12:3But he said to them, Have ye not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him?

Matthew 21:42Jesus said to them: Have ye never read in the scripture, The stone which the builders rejected, hath become the head of the corner: this is from the Lord; and it is marvellous in our eyes?

Mark 2:25Jesus said to them: Have ye never read what David did, when he had need and was hungry, he and his attendants?

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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