Matthew 19:4

And he answered and said to them, Have ye not read, that he who made them , at 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

3The Pharisees also came to him, tempting him, and saying to him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

5And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they two shall be one flesh?

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Cross References

Genesis 1:27So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Genesis 2:23And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of man.

2 Chronicles 24:3And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.

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 saith to them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes?

Mark 2:25And he said to them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry, he and they that 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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