Matthew 19:4-6

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[4] He answered, "Haven't you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, [5] and said, 'For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall join to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?' [6] So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don't let man tear apart."

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Jesus had left Galilee, the northern region where much of his ministry occurred, and was traveling in Judea beyond the Jordan, the southern Jewish homeland and adjacent territory east of the river. This setting places his exchange with the Pharise

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Matthew 19:4-6 mentions Galilee, Jordan and Judea.

Galilee · מלאק אבו גוש
Jordan · Bill Rice
Judea · Davidbena

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