American Standard Version
Matthew 19:4
4And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,
Matthew 19:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
- New International Version (NIV)“Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’
- English Standard Version (ESV)He answered, "Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female,
- New King James Version (NKJV)And He answered and said to them, “Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female,’
Context of Matthew 19:4
2and great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there. 3And there came unto him Pharisees, trying him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, 5and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh? 6So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Read all of Matthew 19Matthew 19:4 word by word
Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν οὐκ ἀνέγνωτε ὅτι ὁ κτίσας ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ ἐποίησεν αὐτούς;Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Matthew 19:4
- Matthew 12:3But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, and they that were with him;
- Matthew 21:6And the disciples went, and did even as Jesus appointed them,
- Matthew 22:31But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,
- Mark 2:25And he said unto them, Did ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry, he, and they that were with him?
- Mark 12:10Have ye not read even this scripture: The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner;
- Luke 6:3And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read even this, what David did, when he was hungry, he, and they that were with him;
- Luke 10:26And he said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?
- Genesis 1:27And 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.
- Malachi 2:15And did he not make one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? And wherefore one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
Commentaries on Matthew 19:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4He 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…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4-6Verses 4-6 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. “And said, For this cause,” 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…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 3-12Verses 3-12 The Pharisees were desirous of drawing something from Jesus which they might represent as contrary to the law of Moses. Cases about marriage have been numerous, and sometimes perplexed; made so, not by the law of God, but by the lusts and follies of men; and often people fix what they will do, before they ask for advice. Jesus replied by asking whether they had not read the account of the creation, and the first example of marriage; thus…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-5The Pharisees did not consider all of God's teachings. God intended marriage to be a permanent union (see Genesis 2:18–25; see also 1 Corinthians 7:10–16).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female--or better, perhaps, "He that made them made them from the beginning a male and a female."Read the comment
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Commentaries on Matthew 19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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