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Where in the Bible Does It Say That Marriage Is between a Man and a Woman?

Question:

I am trying to find the passage in the Bible where it talks about marriage being for a man and a woman.

Answer:

Marriage between a man and a woman was instituted by God with Adam and Eve. Genesis 2:24 states: “Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife, and they become one flesh.”

In Matthew 19:4-5, Jesus reaffirms this: “He answered, ‘Have you not read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one’?”

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