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Matthew 19:4
Matthew 19:4 is verse 4 of Matthew chapter 19, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’
Genesis 1:27; Genesis 5:2
King James Version
And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
World English Bible
He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,
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Matthew 19:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible
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?”
4 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.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Matthew 12:3Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
Matthew 21:6So the disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.
Matthew 21:42Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?
Matthew 22:31But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you:
Mark 2:25Jesus replied, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?
Mark 12:10Have you never read this Scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
Mark 12:26But concerning the dead rising, have you not read about the burning bush in the Book of Moses, how God told him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?
Luke 6:3Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
Luke 10:26“What is written in the Law?” Jesus replied. “How do you read it?”
Genesis 1:27So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
Genesis 5:2Male and female He created them, and He blessed them. And in the day they were created, He called them “man.”
Malachi 2:15Has 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.