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Matthew 19:3–5

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¶ 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?
And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
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?
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  1. Mark 10:2Rank 1 from verse 3
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    2¶ And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.

  2. Hebrews 3:9Rank 2 from verse 3
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    9When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.

  3. John 8:6Rank 3 from verse 3
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    6This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.

  4. Luke 11:53–54Rank 4 from verse 3
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    53And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:

    54Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

  5. Mark 12:13Rank 5 from verse 3
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    13¶ And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words.

From verse 4

  1. Genesis 2:23Rank 1 from verse 4
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    23And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

  2. Genesis 1:27Rank 2 from verse 4
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    27So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

  3. Genesis 5:2Rank 3 from verse 4
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    2Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.

  4. Luke 10:26Rank 4 from verse 4
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    26He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?

  5. Malachi 2:15Rank 5 from verse 4
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    15And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

From verse 5

  1. Genesis 2:21–24Rank 1 from verse 5
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    21And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;

    22And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

    23And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

    24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

  2. 1 Corinthians 7:4Rank 2 from verse 5
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    4The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.

  3. 1 Corinthians 7:2Rank 3 from verse 5
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    2Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

  4. Ephesians 5:31Rank 4 from verse 5
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    31For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

  5. Mark 10:5–9Rank 5 from verse 5
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    5And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.

    6But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.

    7For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;

    8And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.

    9What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

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DEFINED WORDS

Matthew 19:3

COMBINED MEANING

tempting

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of tempt. Sense 1: To try, test, put to the test. Sense 2: To entice toward evil.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

lawful

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Allowed, permitted, authorized, valid, right, or in agreement with the governing law or command applicable to the matter.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

put

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To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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every

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Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

cause

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Sense 1: A reason, ground, matter in dispute, or judicial case. Sense 2: As a verb, to make something happen.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Matthew 19:4

COMBINED MEANING

answered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of answer, meaning to reply, respond, or give account.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

read

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To perceive and understand written words, whether silently or by uttering them aloud.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

female

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Of the sex that bears offspring; a woman or female animal.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604

DEFINED WORDS

Matthew 19:5

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

cause

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Sense 1: A reason, ground, matter in dispute, or judicial case. Sense 2: As a verb, to make something happen.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

leave

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1. To depart, cease from, abandon, forsake, release, permit, entrust, bequeath, cause or allow to remain, omit, exclude, or not take. 2. As a noun, permission or liberty to act, including permission to depart.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

father

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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

mother

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Sense 1: A female parent. Sense 2: Figuratively, a source, chief city, or maternal relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

cleave

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Sense 1: To split or divide. Sense 2: To cling closely or remain joined.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

twain

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Two persons or things considered together or separately; a pair or both of two.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

flesh

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Sense 1: The soft substance of the body. Sense 2: The body, human nature, kindred, or mankind.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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4And 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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5And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

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

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