KJV 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,
VERSE STUDY • 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,
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’
WEB World English Bible
He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,
ASV American Standard Version
And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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,
Surrounding context — Matthew 19
1 And it came to pass, [that] when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan;
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?
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,
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.
7 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ὉG3588 · hothe/this/whoδὲG1161 · dethenἀποκριθεὶςG611 · apokrinōto answerεἶπενG2036 · eiponto sayοὐκG3756 · ounoἀνέγνωτεG314 · anaginōskōto readὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoκτίσαςG2936 · ktizōto createἀπ᾽G575 · apoaway fromἀρχῆςG746 · archēbeginningἄρσενG730 · arrēn, arsēnmaleκαὶG2532 · kaiandθῆλυG2338 · thēlusfemaleἐποίησενG4160 · poieōto do/make: doαὐτούς;G846 · autosit/s/he
Cross-references
Genesis 2:23And 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.Genesis 1:27So God created man in his [own] image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.Genesis 5:2Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.Luke 10:26He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?Malachi 2:15And 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.Genesis 2:18And the LORD God said, [It is] not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.Matthew 22:31But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,Mark 12:26And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I [am] the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?Mark 12:10And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:Matthew 21:42Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?Matthew 12:3But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;Luke 6:3And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an hungred, and they which were with him;Mark 2:25And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?Matthew 21:6And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,
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