Matthew 19:4. Have ye not read, etc. An implied rebuke for their misunderstanding of the Scripture teaching on this point.

He who made them, etc. The historical truth of the narrative in Genesis 1:11. is assumed as the basis of an important argument. The creation of man is affirmed.

Male and female (Genesis 1:27). The question of the Pharisees is answered by what God did, in the original creation of man, instituting the sexual relation, and marriage as an indissoluble union between one man and one woman.

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