Matthew 19:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The answer of Jesus:

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Matthew 19:4-6

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,

⁵ And said,For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

⁶ Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

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