Chiasm
Matthew 19:03–09
Matthew 19:03–093 matched frames1 pivot
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- A 3 The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
- B 4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
- C 5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
- D 6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
- C' 7-8a They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away? He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives:
- C 5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
- B' 8b but from the beginning it was not so.
- B 4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
- A' 9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.