Matthew 19:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’”
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“Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,”
King James Version · Public Domain“And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And he answering said to them, `Did ye not read, that He who made <FI>them<Fi> , from the beginning a male and a female made them,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Matthew 19:4 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 1:27So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
- Genesis 2:18The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”
- Genesis 2:23And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”
- Genesis 5:2Male and female He created them, and He blessed them. And in the day they were created, He called them “man.”
- 2 Chronicles 24:3Jehoiada took for him two wives, and he had sons and daughters.
- Malachi 2:15Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.
- Matthew 12:3Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
- Matthew 21:6So the disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.
- Matthew 21:42Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?
- Matthew 22:31But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you:
- Mark 2:25Jesus replied, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?
- Mark 12:10Have you never read this Scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
- Mark 12:26But concerning the dead rising, have you not read about the burning bush in the Book of Moses, how God told him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?
- Luke 6:3Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
- Luke 10:26“What is written in the Law?” Jesus replied. “How do you read it?”
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