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Matthew 19
The 2026 edition cites 9 passages touching Matthew 19, each printed here in the KJV with every place in the Constitution that cites it.
Matthew 19:4-6
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,
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?
6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Testimony of the RPCNA 1
- T 24.3
By God’s appointment the marriage relationship is to continue as long as both parties are living. Marriage may not be contracted for any other period. After…
Matthew 19:5
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?
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Larger Catechism 1
- LC 139
The sins forbidden in the seventh commandment, besides the neglect of the duties required, are, adultery, fornication, rape, incest, sodomy, and all unnatural…
Matthew 19:5-6
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?
6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Westminster Confession of Faith 1
- CF 24.1
Marriage is to be between one man and one woman: neither is it lawful for any man to have more than one wife, nor for any woman to have more than one husband…
Matthew 19:6
6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Cited by 2 places in the Constitution
Westminster Confession of Faith 1
- CF 24.6
Although the corruption of man be such as is apt to study arguments unduly to put asunder those whom God hath joined together in marriage; yet nothing but…
Testimony of the RPCNA 1
- T 24.5
The validity of marriage depends on the mutual agreement of the parties, rather than upon official administration; yet for the glory of God and the protection…
Matthew 19:8-9
8 He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
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.
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Westminster Confession of Faith 1
- CF 24.6
Although the corruption of man be such as is apt to study arguments unduly to put asunder those whom God hath joined together in marriage; yet nothing but…
Matthew 19:9
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.
Cited by 2 places in the Constitution
Westminster Confession of Faith 1
- CF 24.5
Adultery or fornication committed after a contract, being detected before marriage, giveth just occasion to the innocent party to dissolve that contract. In…
Testimony of the RPCNA 1
- T 24.27
If the unrepentant guilty party in a divorce marries another, he commits adultery.
Matthew 19:10-11
10 His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.
11 But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given.
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Larger Catechism 1
- LC 139
The sins forbidden in the seventh commandment, besides the neglect of the duties required, are, adultery, fornication, rape, incest, sodomy, and all unnatural…
Matthew 19:11-12
11 But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given.
12 For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Westminster Confession of Faith 1
- CF 22.7
No man may vow to do anything forbidden in the Word of God, or what would hinder any duty therein commanded, or which is not in his own power, and for the…
Matthew 19:17
17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Shorter Catechism 1
- SC 41
The moral law is summarily comprehended in the ten commandments.