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Matthew 19:2-4
New Testament for Everyone
Matthew 19:2-4
New Testament for Everyone
2 Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.
3 Some Pharisees approached him with a trick question.
“Is it lawful,” they asked, “for a man to divorce his wife for any reason at all?”
4 “Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that the creator from the beginning ‘made them male and female’?
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Matthew 19:2-4
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Matthew 19:2-4
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2 Large crowds followed him, and he healed them(A) there.
3 Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife(B) for any and every reason?”
4 “Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’[a](C)
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- Matthew 19:4 Gen. 1:27
Matthew 19:2-4
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Matthew 19:2-4
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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,
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Matthew 19:2-4
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Matthew 19:2-4
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2 (A)And great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them there.
3 The Pharisees also came to Him, testing Him, and saying to Him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for just any reason?”
4 And He answered and said to them, “Have you not read that He who [a]made them at the beginning (B)‘made them male and female,’
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Matthew 19:2-4
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Matthew 19:2-4
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2 And (A)large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.
3 And Pharisees came up to him and (B)tested him by asking, (C)“Is it lawful to divorce one's wife for any cause?” 4 He answered, (D)“Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female,
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