King James Version (KJV)
Matthew 19:4
“And he answered and said unto them, ‹Have ye not read, that he which made› [them] ‹at the beginning made them male and female,›”
Verse in context — Matthew 19
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?
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And he answered and said unto them, ‹Have ye not read, that he which made› [them] ‹at the beginning made them male and female,›
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‹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?›
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‹Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.›
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