Matthew 19:5
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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?'
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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageGalilee was Jesus’ northern home region; Judea lay to the south around Jerusalem, and the Jordan was the river valley east of Judea. Matthew places this teaching during Jesus’ journey from Galilee into Judea beyond the Jordan, where Pharisees tested him about marriage and divorce.
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Matthew 19:5 mentions Galilee, Jordan and Judea.
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