Matthew 19:4
2 And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.
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?
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 asunder.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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 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.
Read in contextGenesis 1:27
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Read in contextGenesis 5:2
Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
Read in contextLuke 10:26
He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?
Read in contextMalachi 2:15
And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
Read in contextGenesis 2:18
And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
Read in contextMatthew 22:31
But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,
Read in contextMark 12:10
And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:
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