the Second Week after Easter
free while helping to build churches and support pastors in Uganda.
Click here to learn more!
Read the Bible
New Living Translation
Matthew 19:4
Bible Study Resources
Concordances:
- Nave'sDictionaries:
- AmericanEncyclopedias:
- CondensedParallel Translations
“Haven’t you read,”
And hee answered, and said vnto them, Haue ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning, made them male and female?
And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
He answered, "Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female,
And He answered and said, "Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning MADE THEM MALE AND FEMALE,
Jesus answered, "Surely you have read in the Scriptures: When God made the world, ‘he made them male and female.'
He replied, "Have you never read that He who created them from the beginning MADE THEM MALE AND FEMALE,
And he answered & sayd vnto them, Haue ye not read, that hee which made them at the beginning, made them male and female,
And He answered and said, "Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning MADE THEM MALE AND FEMALE,
And He answered and said, "Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female,
Jesus answered, "Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female'
Jesus answered, "Don't you know that in the beginning the Creator made a man and a woman?
He replied, "Haven't you read that at the beginning the Creator made them male and female ,
But he answering said [to them], Have ye not read that he who made [them], from the beginning made them male and female,
Jesus answered, "Surely you have read this in the Scriptures: When God made the world, ‘he made people male and female.'
But he answered and said to them, Have you not read, that he who made from the beginning, made them male and female?
Jesus answered, "Haven't you read the scripture that says that in the beginning the Creator made people male and female?
And he answered and said, "Have you not read that the one who created them from the beginning made them male and female
But answering, He said to them, Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning "created them male and female"? Gen. 1:27
And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,
And he said in answer, Have you not seen in the Writings, that he who made them at the first made them male and female, and said,
He answered, "Haven't you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,
He answered them, "Haven't you read that the one who madecreated">[fn] them at the beginning 'made them male and female'Genesis 1:27; 5:2">[fn]Genesis 1:27; 5:2; Malachi 2:15;">[xr]
But he answered and said to them, Have you not read that He who created from the beginning, male and female hath made them?
And he answered and said to them: Have ye not read, that he who made [fn] at the beginning, made them a male and a female?
He aunswered and sayde vnto them: Haue ye not read, that he which created at the begynnyng, made them male and female,
And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he which made them from the beginning made them male and female,
He answered, "Haven't you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,
And he answering said to them, Have ye not read, that he who made them, made them male and female from the beginning?
"Have you not read," He replied, "that He who made them `made them' from the beginning `male and female,
Which answeride, and seide to hem, Han ye not red, for he that made men at the bigynnyng, made hem male and female?
And he answered and said, Have you not read that he who created from the beginning made them male and female,
And he answered and said to them, Have ye not read, that he who made [them], at the beginning made them male and female,
He answered, "Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator made them male and female ,
And He answered and said to them, "Have you not read that He who made [fn] them at the beginning 'made them male and female,' Genesis 1:27; Genesis 5:2">[fn]
He said to them, "Have you not read that He Who made them in the first place made them man and woman?
He answered, "Have you not read that the one who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female,'
And, he, answering, said - Did ye never read - He who created at the beginning, Male and female, made them, -
Who answering, said to them: Have ye not read, that he who made man from the beginning, made them male and female? And he said:
He answered, "Have you not read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,
He answered and sayd vnto them: Have ye not redde how that he which made man at the beginninge made them man and woman
And he answering said to them, `Did ye not read, that He who made [them], from the beginning a male and a female made them,
He answered & sayde vnto the: Haue ye not red, how yt he which made (man) at the begynnynge, made the ma & woma,
and he answered them, have ye not read, that when the creator, at the beginning, made male and female,
He answered, "Haven't you read in your Bible that the Creator originally made man and woman for each other, male and female? And because of this, a man leaves father and mother and is firmly bonded to his wife, becoming one flesh—no longer two bodies but one. Because God created this organic union of the two sexes, no one should desecrate his art by cutting them apart."
"Don't you remember," he replied, "that the Boss made man and woman and
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Have: Matthew 12:3, Matthew 21:6, Matthew 21:42, Matthew 22:31, Mark 2:25, Mark 12:10, Mark 12:26, Luke 6:3, Luke 10:26
that: Genesis 1:27, Genesis 5:2, Malachi 2:15
Reciprocal: Genesis 4:19 - two wives Deuteronomy 24:5 - a man 1 Chronicles 14:3 - took 2 Chronicles 24:3 - two wives Matthew 9:13 - go Matthew 21:16 - have 1 Corinthians 14:20 - malice
Cross-References
But the people of this area were extremely wicked and constantly sinned against the Lord .
So the Lord told Abraham, "I have heard a great outcry from Sodom and Gomorrah, because their sin is so flagrant.
That evening the two angels came to the entrance of the city of Sodom. Lot was sitting there, and when he saw them, he stood up to meet them. Then he welcomed them and bowed with his face to the ground.
So Lot stepped outside to talk to them, shutting the door behind him.
See, there is a small village nearby. Please let me go there instead; don't you see how small it is? Then my life will be saved."
He utterly destroyed them, along with the other cities and villages of the plain, wiping out all the people and every bit of vegetation.
There, too, the whole community of Israel complained about Moses and Aaron.
"You must not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you are called to testify in a dispute, do not be swayed by the crowd to twist justice.
For evil people can't sleep until they've done their evil deed for the day. They can't rest until they've caused someone to stumble.
a heart that plots evil, feet that race to do wrong,
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And he answered and said unto them,.... Not by replying directly to the question, but by referring them to the original creation of man, and to the first institution of marriage, previous to the law of Moses;
have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning, made them male and female? This may be read in Genesis 1:27 and from thence this sense of things collected; that God, who in the beginning of time, or of the creation, as Mark expresses it, made all things, the heavens, and the earth, and all that is therein, and particularly "man", as the Vulgate Latin, and Munster's Hebrew Gospel supply it here, made the first parents of mankind, male and female; not male and females, but one male, and one female; first, one male, and then, of him one female, who, upon her creation, was brought and married to him; so that in this original constitution, no provision was made for divorce, or polygamy. Adam could not marry more wives than one, nor could he put away Eve for every cause, and marry another: now either the Pharisees had read this account, or they had not; if they had not, they were guilty of great negligence and sloth; if they had, they either understood it or not; if they did not understand it, it was greatly to their reproach, who pretended to great knowledge of the Scriptures, and to be able to explain them to others; and if they did understand it, there was no need for this question, which therefore must be put with an evil design.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And he answered and said ... - Instead of referring to the opinions of either party, Jesus called their attention to the original design of marriage, to the authority of Moses an authority acknowledged by them both.
Have ye not read? - Genesis 1:27; Genesis 2:21-22. âAnd said, For this cause,â etc., Genesis 2:24. That is, God, at the beginning, made but one man and one woman: their posterity should learn that the original intention of marriage was that a man should have but one wife.
Shall leave his father and mother - This means, shall bind himself more strongly to his wife than he was to his father or mother. The marriage connection is the most tender and endearing of all human relations more tender than even that bond which unites us to a parent.
And shall cleave unto his wife - The word âcleaveâ denotes a union of the firmest kind. It is in the original taken from gluing, and means so firmly to adhere together that nothing can separate them.
They twain shall be one flesh - That is, they two, or they that were two, shall be united as one - one in law, in feeling, in interest, in affection. They shall no longer have separate interests, but shall act in all things as if they were one - animated by one soul and one wish. The argument of Jesus here is, that since they are so intimately united as to be one, and since in the beginning God made but one woman for one man, it follows that they cannot be separated but by the authority of God. Man may not put away his wife for every cause. What God has joined together man may not put asunder. In this decision he really decided in favor of one of the parties; and it shows that when it was proper, Jesus answered questions without regard to consequences, from whatever cause they might have been proposed, and however much difficulty it might involve him in. Our Lord, in this, also showed consummate wisdom. He answered the question, not from Hillel or Shammai, their teachers, but from Moses, and thus defeated their malice.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Matthew 19:4. He which made them at the beginning — When Adam and Eve were the first of human kind.
Made them male and female — Merely through the design of matrimonial union, that the earth might be thus peopled. To answer a case of conscience, a man should act as Christ does here; pay no regard to that which the corruption of manners has introduced into Divine ordinances, but go back to the original will, purpose, and institution of God. Christ will never accommodate his morality to the times, nor to the inclinations of men. What was done at the beginning is what God judged most worthy of his glory, most profitable for man, and most suitable to nature.
