Matthew 19:4

Verses 4-6. And he answered and said, etc. Instead of referring to the opinions of either party, Jesus called their attention to the original design of marriage, to the authority of Moses--an authority acknowledged by them both. Have ye not read. Ge 1:27; 2:21,22. And said, For this cause, etc. Ge 2:24. That is, God at the beginning made but one man and one woman; their posterity should learn that the original intention of marriage was, that a man should have but one wife. Shall leave father and mother. This means, shall bind himself more strongly to his wife than he was to his father or mother.