⁴ “Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’^[a](A)

²³ The man said,

² He created them^(A) male and female^(B) and blessed them. And he named them “Mankind”^[a] when they were created.

¹⁵ Has not the one God made you?^(A) You belong to him in body and spirit. And what does the one God seek? Godly offspring.^[a](B) So be on your guard,^(C) and do not be unfaithful^(D) to the wife of your youth.

²⁶ “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?”

¹⁸ The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”^(A)

³¹ But about the resurrection of the dead—have you not read what God said to you,

³ He answered, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?^(A)