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Matthew 19:4-6 KJV
Matthew · chapter 19 · verses 4–6 · King James Version
4And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, 5And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? 6Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.Matthew 19:4-6 · King James Version
Matthew 19:4-6 in context
2And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.
3The 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?
4And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
5And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
6Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
7They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?
8He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
Cross references
- Genesis 2:23
- Genesis 1:27
- Genesis 5:2
- Luke 10:26
- Malachi 2:15
- Genesis 2:21-24
- 1 Corinthians 7:4
- 1 Corinthians 7:2
- Ephesians 5:31
- Mark 10:5-9
- Mark 10:9
- Hebrews 13:4
Key words (Strong's)
- beginningarchēbeginning, origin, the person or thing that commences, the first person or thing in a…G746 →
- answeredapokrinomaito give an answer to a question proposed, to answer, to begin to speak, but always where…G611 →
- togethersyzeugnymito fasten to one yoke, yoke together, to join together unite, of the marriage tieG4801 →
- fatherpatērgenerator or male ancestor, either the nearest ancestor father of the corporeal nature…G3962 →
- mothermētēra mother, metaph. the source of something, the motherlandG3384 →
- cleaveproskollaōto glue upon, glue to, to join one's self to closely, cleave to, stick toG4347 →
- causehenekaon account of, for the sake of, for, for this cause, thereforeG1752 →
- leavekataleipōto leave behind, to depart from, leave, to be left, to bid to remain, to forsake, leave…G2641 →
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