Matthew 19:4

2 Large crowds followed Him, and He healed them there.

3 Then some Pharisees came and tested Him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”

Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from 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 man not separate.”

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’
KJV
And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
WEB
He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,
ASV
And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made [them] from the beginning made them male and female,
DARBY
But he answering said [to them], Have ye not read that he who made [them], from the beginning made them male and female,
BLB
And answering, He said, “Did you⁺ not read that the One having created from the beginning ‘made them male and female,’
ÅB
Han svarte og sa: «Har dere ikke lest at han som skapte dem, skapte dem fra begynnelsen av til mann og kvinne
OTB
Han svarte: «Har dere ikke lest at Skaperen fra begynnelsen skapte dem som mann og kvinne,
B1930
Han svarte og sa: Har I ikke lest at han som skapte dem, fra begynnelsen av skapte dem til mann og kvinne

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Genesis 2:23

    And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”

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  • Genesis 1:27

    So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

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  • Genesis 5:2

    Male and female He created them, and He blessed them. And in the day they were created, He called them “man.”

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  • Luke 10:26

    “What is written in the Law?” Jesus replied. “How do you read it?”

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  • Malachi 2:15

    Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.

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  • Genesis 2:18

    The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”

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  • Matthew 22:31

    But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you:

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  • Mark 12:10

    Have you never read this Scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

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