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Matthew 19:2-4
New International Version
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
New King James Version
Matthew 19:2-4
New King James Version
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
English Standard Version
Matthew 19:2-4
English Standard Version
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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