Matthew 19:4
Good News Translation
Jesus answered, "Haven't you read the scripture that says that in the beginning the Creator made people male and female?

New Revised Standard Version
He answered, “Have you not read that the one who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female,’

Contemporary English Version
Jesus answered, "Don't you know in the beginning the Creator made a man and a woman?

New American Bible
He said in reply, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female’

Douay-Rheims Bible
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:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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:

Have.

Matthew 12:3 But he said to them: Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him:

Matthew 21:6,42 And the disciples going, did as Jesus commanded them. . . .

Matthew 22:31 And concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read that which was spoken by God, saying to you:

Mark 2:25 And he said to them: Have you never read what David did when he had need and was hungry, himself and they that were with him?

Mark 12:10,26 And have you not read this scripture, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is made the head of the corner: . . .

Luke 6:3 And Jesus answering them, said: Have you not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was hungry and they that were with him:

Luke 10:26 But he said to him: What is written in the law? How readest thou?

that.

Genesis 1:27 And God created man to his own image: to the image of God he created him: male and female he created them.

Genesis 5:2 He created them male and female; and blessed them: and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.

Malachi 2:15 Did not one make her, and she is the residue of his spirit? And what doth one seek, but the seed of God? Keep then your spirit, and despise not the wife of thy youth.

Context
Teachings about Divorce
3And there came to him the Pharisees tempting him, saying: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? 4Who answering, said to them: Have ye not read, that he who made man from the beginning, made them male and female? And he said: 5For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be in one flesh.…
Cross References
Genesis 1:27
And God created man to his own image: to the image of God he created him: male and female he created them.

Genesis 5:2
He created them male and female; and blessed them: and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.

Malachi 2:15
Did not one make her, and she is the residue of his spirit? And what doth one seek, but the seed of God? Keep then your spirit, and despise not the wife of thy youth.

Matthew 19:3
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