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Matthew 19:4-6
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Matthew 19:4-6
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“Haven’t you read,”
he replied,
“that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’
[a]
5
and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’
[b]
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So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
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Matthew 19:4 in Other Translations
KJV
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,
ESV
4
He answered, "Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female,
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“Haven’t you read the Scriptures?” Jesus replied. “They record that from the beginning ‘God made them male and female.’ ”
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He answered, "Haven't you read in your Bible that the Creator originally made man and woman for each other, male and female?
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"Haven't you read," He replied, "that He who created them in the beginning made them male and female ,
Matthew 19:4-6 In-Context
2
Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.
3
Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?”
4
“Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’
5
and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?
6
So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
7
“Why then,” they asked, “did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?”
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Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning.
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1.
Genesis 1:27
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Genesis 5:2
2.
Genesis 2:24
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1 Corinthians 6:16
;
Ephesians 5:31
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[a].
Gen. 1:27
[b].
Gen. 2:24
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