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Berean Standard Bible

“Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’”

Matthew 19:4

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Some Pharisees test Jesus by asking whether it is lawful to divorce for any reason. Jesus answers by going back to the beginning.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’

World English Bible (WEB)

He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,

King James Version (KJV)

And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,

American Standard Version (ASV)

And he answered and said, Have ye not read, that he who made [them] from the beginning made them male and female,

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And he said in answer, Have you not seen in the Writings, that he who made them at the first made them male and female, and said,

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

And he answering said to them, 'Did you not read, that He who madethem, from the beginning a male and a female made them,

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y él respondiendo, les dijo: ¿No habéis leído que el que los hizo al principio, macho y hembra los hizo,

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

―Y ustedes, ¿no leen las Escrituras?—les respondió—.En ellas está escrito que al principio Dios creó al hombre y a la mujer,

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