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John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

And he answered and said unto them,.... Not by replying directly to the question, but by referring them to the original creation of man, and to the first institution of marriage, previous to the law of Moses; have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning, made them male and female? This may be read in Genesis 1:27 and from thence this sense of things collected; that God, who in the...

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

In this chapter, we have, I. Christ changing his quarters, leaving Galilee, and coming into the coasts of Judea, ver. 1, 2. II. His dispute with the Pharisees about divorce, and his discourse with his disciples upon occasion of it, ver. 3-12. III. The kind entertainment he gave to some little children which were brought to him, ver. 13-15. IV. An account of what passed between Christ and a...