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For this cause will a man leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife,
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Marriage as a Creation Ordinance
Commentators explain that by quoting Genesis, Jesus grounds marriage in God's original act of creation. It is not merely a human contract or a temporary convenience, but a foundational, lifelong union designed by God from the beginning. As one scholar puts it, this was God's original design for an 'unbroken lifelong union.'
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19th Century
Anglican
And the Pharisees came to him. (See Notes on Matthew 19:3-12). We are not surprised to find St. Mark omitting the “hard s…
Jesus did not question the law. But his answer reaches back to first principles. Moses’ permission to divorce was an accommodation to human weaknes…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother The Persic version adds, "and brethren and sisters", though w…
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Presbyterian
Wherever Jesus was, the people flocked after him in crowds, and he taught them. Preaching was Christ's constant practice. He shows here that the re…
