Matthew 19:1-6

1 When Jesus finished saying these things, he left Galilee and went to the territory of Judea on the other side of the Jordan River.

2 Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.

3 Some Pharisees came to him and tried to trap him by asking, "Does our Law allow a man to divorce his wife for whatever reason he wishes?"

4 Jesus answered, "Haven't you read the scripture that says that in the beginning the Creator made people male and female? ¹

5 And God said, "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and unite with his wife, and the two will become one.' ²

6 So they are no longer two, but one. No human being must separate, then, what God has joined together."

Cross References

• 1. 19.4Genesis 1.27; 5.2.
• 2. 19.5Genesis 2.24.